BlockOakwood, North Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oakwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58237. It stands on Horseshoe Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Oakwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1943 USGS Grafton quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Oakwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Grafton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Oakwood between 2017 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CTY 9 1 MILE W |
| 11 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | TRUMAN THOMPSON |
| 3 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 74TH ST |
| 24 October 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | LESSARD FARM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakwood in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2018: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | - | Two power poles were blown down along highway 17. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | - | Numerous large poplar, ash, and cottonwood trees were snapped or blown down in shelterbelts and farmsteads across St. Andrews and northern Acton townships. Peak winds were estimated from 85 to 95 mph over a several mile wide path. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | - | The wind gust was measured by a NDAWN mesonet sensor. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Oakwood | - | The tornado tracked for about two miles across southern Acton Township. Several medium to large cottonwood trees twelve to eighteen inches in diameter were snapped near the ground and numerous tree branches and limbs were broken off in shelterbelts along the path. Peak winds were estimated at 85 mph. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Oakwood | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported southwest of Oakwood. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Oakwood | - | This narrow tornado tracked intermittently for about two miles. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | - | Two five thousand bushel steel grain bins were blown off their pads and tumbled across a field. Several large tree branches were also broken down onto power lines along a nearby county road. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | - | The wind gust was measured by the Grafton NDAWN. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | - | Several tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Oakwood | - | This tornado tracked eastward just south of the Park River and crossed Interstate 29 near milepost 178. No significant damage was observed in fields. Spotters reported that this tornado lifted before crossing the Red River and that a second tornado formed several minutes later further east into Minnesota. Peak winds estimated at 75 mph. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | - | Strong winds uprooted several trees and broke down other tree branches in Oakwood. Shingle damage was reported on several homes and a church. A door was also ripped off a nearby quonset and a metal dumpster was pushed into a ditch. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1030540. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.