BlockSimcoe, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Hendrickson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58741. The Survey maps it on the Simcoe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1948 USGS Velva quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Simcoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Velva quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Velva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Simcoe between 2005 and 2019, burning about 105 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 910181 |
| 9 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 509182 |
| 31 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2019-13 |
| 20 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2019-12 |
| 12 November 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 40 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 27 October 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Simcoe in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simcoe | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Simcoe | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simcoe | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Simcoe | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Simcoe | - | 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 1032097. 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.