Orr, North Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Agnes Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58244. The Survey maps it on the Orr quadrangle.

Orr within Grand Forks County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Orr quadrangle1:24000
1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Grafton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

2 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Orr between 1994 and 2013, burning about 282 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
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
16 May 2013	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	21
31 October 1994	Debris and open burning	280 acres	Devil's Lake Wetland Management District	AGNES MRSH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

McCanna

Every fire recorded in Grand Forks County

Storms near this place

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orr in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 3 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Orr	$300	Numerous large tree branches were broken off.
June 2017	Funnel Cloud	Orr	-	Two funnels were viewed over Agnes Township, between McCanna and Inkster, between 1230 and 1240 pm CDT. Multiple reports came from observers near Larimore and the Kolding Dam Recreation Area. Photos were also posted on social media.
June 2017	Tornado (EF0)	Orr	-	This tornado was originally reported by the Grand Forks Air Traffic Control Tower and Grand Forks Air Force Base officials. A damage survey found that the tornado tracked for less than half a mile to the east-northeast over largely open fields. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph.
July 2016	Hail	Orr	-	Dime to quarter sized hail fell.
June 2015	Hail	Orr	-	Hail up to hen egg size fell across Wheatfield Township.
June 2010	Tornado (EF1)	Orr	-	The tornado tracked northward for about 4 miles. Several large trees were snapped or uprooted in shelterbelts. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph.
June 2010	Tornado (EF0)	Orr	-	The tornado tracked northward over open fields for about a mile. Some large tree limbs were broken down in a shelterbelt. Peak winds were estimated at 75 mph.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Orr	-	A 6 inch diameter tree was blown down.
May 2022	Hail	Orr	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grand Forks County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Inkster	4.3 miles	8
Forest River Colony	6.3 miles	8
McCanna	6.3 miles	8
Shawnee	10.3 miles	10
Gilby	10.9 miles	9
Johnstown	11.4 miles	9
Hannah Junction	11.6 miles	11
Honeyford	11.6 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1030579. 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.