BlockPickert, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Easton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58230. The Survey maps it on the Blabon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Blabon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pickert in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pickert | $5,000 | Trees were uprooted and a power pole was snapped by the strong wind. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pickert | - | Peak wind measured at a personal weather station. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pickert | - | Several four to eight inch diameter tree branches were snapped in a farmstead shelterbelt near county road 25, north of highway 200, in west central Greenview Township. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Pickert | - | Large branches were blown down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pickert | - | One shed was blown over and another lost half its roof. Crops were also flattened by the strong wind. |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Pickert | - | The report was relayed by an off duty Dodge City NWS meteorologist chasing the storm. The developing funnel cloud tracked nearly due north before the initial tornado touchdown about 5 miles north-northeast of Finley around 338 PM CDT. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Pickert | - | The sheriff reported a township bridge under water. Water also covered state highway 32 about 4 miles south of Finley. Two to three inches of rain fell in about 8 hours across Greenview and Eastin Townships. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Pickert | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blabon | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Finley | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Sherbrooke | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hope | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sharon | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Interlaken (historical) | 13.5 miles | 8 | |
| Luverne | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Colgate | 16.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1033785. 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.
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.