BlockOlga, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in South Olga Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58249. The Survey maps it on the Olga quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Olga quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Langdon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Olga in 2018, burning under an acre 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 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | DITCH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olga in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 14 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Flood | Olga | $200,000 | Several farm fields and farm access roads were flooded in south Olga Township. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olga | $20,000 | A barn roof and a truck were damaged in the strong winds. The farmer, who was inside the barn at the time, dove out the doorway as the barn collapsed. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Olga | - | Large hail fell across north Olga Township. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olga | - | Trees were blown down across the Pembina Hills Wildlife Area and north Olga Township. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olga | - | Four to five inch diameter branches were snapped off trees. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olga | - | Three steel grain bins were caved in and blown off their foundations. Many trees were blown down and several windows were broken or blown out of homes. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Olga | - | The ground was covered by dime to half-dollar sized hail. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Olga | - | The funnel remained well above ground before it dissipated. |
| June 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Olga | - | The funnel cloud was reported along county road 55 west of Walhalla (in Cavalier County). |
| September 2019 | Hail | Olga | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Olga | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Olga | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Olga | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Olga | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Olga | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Olga | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Olga | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Olga | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Olga | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Olga | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Hail | Olga | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanks Corner | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Vang | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Osnabrock | 10.8 miles | 7 | |
| Milton | 11.9 miles | 7 | |
| Easby | 12.9 miles | 7 | |
| Union | 17.3 miles | 8 | |
| Langdon | 17.7 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Carmel | 20.8 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1037264. 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.