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Stiles, North Dakota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Moran Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58053. The Survey maps it on the Swan Lake quadrangle.

Stiles within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

Fires near this place

8 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Stiles between 2003 and 2020, burning about 499 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTewaukon National Wildlife RefugeNOVETZKE
8 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service2020008
25 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresTewaukon National Wildlife RefugeAASER
18 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceJELINEK FIRE
30 November 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined102 acresTewaukon Wetland Management DistrictPHEASANT HART WF
23 November 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service2017332
20 November 2017Arson/incendiarism9.7 acresTewaukon Wetland Management DistrictHARTLEBEN 1 WF
20 November 2017Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTewaukon Wetland Management DistrictHARTLEBEN 2 WF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Storms near this place

9 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stiles in 9 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 3 tornado, 2 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2011Tornado (EF1)Stiles$30,000The tornado became enshrouded in heavy rains and downburst winds. Several trees were snapped or uprooted in farm shelterbelts. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph.
August 2011Flash FloodStiles$5,000Parts of county road 3 were under water from the heavy rain and flash flooding.
June 2023Tornado (EFU)Stiles-Brief spin up of weak tornado that lasted less than 10 secs just north of the SD/ND border in open fields. No damage discerned from video recording.
October 2021Tornado (EF0)Stiles-A trained spotter submitted photos and a GIF of a brief tornado via social media. Winds estimated at 70 mph.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindStiles-Crops were damaged by wind driven hail.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindStiles-The wind speeds were estimated.
July 2017HailStiles-The hail was mostly pea to dime sized.
July 2005Flash FloodStiles-Excessive runoff briefly flooded a section road and a local access road.
August 2006HailStiles-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Richland 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lidgerwood5.3 miles9
Mantador7.4 miles10
Hankinson8.0 miles10
Bayne9.2 miles10
Moselle10.9 miles9
Barney13.5 miles9
Wyndmere13.9 miles10
Great Bend14.3 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1033799. 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.