BlockPrice, North Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the East Oliver unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58530. It stands on Sherk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Price quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1950 USGS Wilton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Price quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Price between 2015 and 2019, burning about 1,004 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 | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RIVER ROAD FIRE |
| 31 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | OLANDER FIRE |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Price in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | $45,000 | Trees were down in the town of Price. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | $10,000 | Some trees were reported down in the area. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Price | - | Heavy rain accompanied the strong winds. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Price | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Price | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Price | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Price | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Price | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanger | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hensler | 14.2 miles | 9 | |
| Center | 19.1 miles | 6 | |
| Fort Clark | 19.6 miles | 6 | |
| Hannover | 25.8 miles | 5 | |
| Otter Creek | 32.6 miles | 5 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1030809. 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.