BlockSilva, North Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elverum Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58368. The Survey maps it on the Silva quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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
- 1958 USGS Silva quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Silva between 2005 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 12 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2017-23 |
| 8 December 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 5011 34TH AVE NE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Silva: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Otto Const Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silva in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2013: 6 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silva | $1,750,000 | Six (6) miles of 230 KV high voltage transmission lines down. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Silva | $250,000 | Tornado touched down 8 miles south of Silva near Long Lake. It moved east-northeast and crossed into Benson County, Grand Forks NWS County Warning Area. Damage to high voltage transmission lines partly due to the tornado and partly due to 110 mph estimated wind gusts listed as a seperate entry. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Silva | - | No damage was reported. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Silva | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Silva | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Silva | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Silva | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Silva | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1032087. 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.