Powell, North Dakota

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Brenna Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58203. The Survey maps it on the Kelly quadrangle.

Powell within Grand Forks County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1934 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:48000
1934 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:62500
1938 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Kelly quadrangle1:24000
1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Powell between 2013 and 2020, burning about 4 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
Fireworks	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	2017-00064
2 July 2013	Fireworks	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
1 July 2016	Fireworks	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	6000 DEMERS AVE
18 June 2015	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	5500 32ND AVE
5 November 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	1786 18TH ST NE GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grand Forks County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Powell: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Nodak Contracting Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Grand Forks County

Storms near this place

10 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Powell in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 4 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 2020	Hail	Powell	-	The hail fell at the National Weather Service office.
September 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Powell	-	The wind gust was measured at the Grand Forks International Airport.
September 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Powell	-	The wind gust was measured at the Grand Forks Airport.
July 2016	Heavy Rain	Powell	-	Heavy rain led to the temporary closure of highway 2 east of airport road.
July 2016	Tornado (EF0)	Powell	-	Grand Forks air traffic control tower officials observed a brief tornado about three miles south of the airport tower. There was not much of a funnel, but rotation was evident in the cloud and a lot of dust was kicked up. The tornado remained over an open field, with peak winds estimated at 70 mph.
May 2011	Hail	Powell	-	Nickel to quarter sized hail fell just west of the National Weather Service office.
June 2009	Funnel Cloud	Powell	-	Two funnel clouds merged and lowered toward the ground. Funnels were observed from multiple locations in this area.
June 2009	Funnel Cloud	Powell	-	This funnel was viewed by an observer near exit 138 on Interstate 29. The funnel, located west of the interstate, was obscured by trees.
August 2009	Hail	Powell	-	The hail fell at the National Weather Service office on the west side of Grand Forks.
July 2015	Hail	Powell	-	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
Ojata (historical)	4.8 miles	16
Calspur	4.8 miles	16
Kelly	5.5 miles	13
North Grand Forks	6.2 miles	16
Merrifield	6.3 miles	13
Grand Forks	7.7 miles	16
Emerado	9.9 miles	16
Thompson	10.7 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1033789. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.