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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1907 USGS Wyndmere quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Swan Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lisbon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
8 since 2003Regional 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge | NOVETZKE |
| 8 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2020008 |
| 25 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge | AASER |
| 18 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | JELINEK FIRE |
| 30 November 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 102 acres | Tewaukon Wetland Management District | PHEASANT HART WF |
| 23 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2017332 |
| 20 November 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.7 acres | Tewaukon Wetland Management District | HARTLEBEN 1 WF |
| 20 November 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Tewaukon Wetland Management District | HARTLEBEN 2 WF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2005Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Stiles | $30,000 | The 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 2011 | Flash Flood | Stiles | $5,000 | Parts of county road 3 were under water from the heavy rain and flash flooding. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (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 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Stiles | - | A trained spotter submitted photos and a GIF of a brief tornado via social media. Winds estimated at 70 mph. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stiles | - | Crops were damaged by wind driven hail. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stiles | - | The wind speeds were estimated. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Stiles | - | The hail was mostly pea to dime sized. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Stiles | - | Excessive runoff briefly flooded a section road and a local access road. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Stiles | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lidgerwood | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Mantador | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hankinson | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bayne | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Moselle | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Barney | 13.5 miles | 9 | |
| Wyndmere | 13.9 miles | 10 | |
| Great Bend | 14.3 miles | 10 |
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.





