BlockSoutham, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Ontario Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58327. The Survey maps it on the Southam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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
- 1971 USGS Southam quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Southam between 1994 and 2020, burning about 197 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | POO |
| 7 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2008-7 |
| 7 November 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | BECKER WPA |
| 25 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 46 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | ROMFO 2 |
| 22 October 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | BECKER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Southam in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 7 hail, 4 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southam | - | Large tree branches were blown down and one steel grain bin dented in. Time estimated based on radar. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southam | - | Peak wind was measured at a personal weather station. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southam | - | Large branches were blown down in a shelterbelt. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Southam | - | The hail fell off and on. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southam | - | Tree and roof damage was reported. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Southam | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell along with very heavy rain. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Southam | - | The hail was mostly quarter to ping pong ball sized. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Southam | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Southam | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Southam | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Southam | - | 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 1032208. 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.