BlockStraubville, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58017. The Survey maps it on the Straubville 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 Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Straubville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lisbon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Straubville between 2002 and 2012, burning about 88 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Tewaukon Wetland Management District | HEARTBURN |
| 21 February 2002 | Smoking | 70 acres | Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge | HARTLEBEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Straubville in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2014: 12 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. 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 2003 | Hail | Straubville | $10,000 | Wind driven hail damaged vinyl siding and some shingles. Windows were also broken out. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Straubville | - | The large hail flattened a garden. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Straubville | - | A tornado wrapped in very heavy rain was observed to touchdown in an opened field. No damage was noted. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Straubville | - | Four inch diameter tree branches were blown down in a yard. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Straubville | - | Peak winds of 121 to 127 mph were measured at a temporary wind energy tower site. A total of six sensors arrayed from 130 to 200 feet above ground level registered the peak winds and rapid turning of winds from southeast, through west to northwest. This was consistent with a downburst wind at that site as depicted on radar, along with a bookend vortex and developing tornado located just north of the site. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Straubville | - | The hail was accompanied by forty mile per hour winds. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Straubville | - | Gusty winds also blew down some small tree branches. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Straubville | - | Large cottonwood trees were blown down and irrigation equipment was blown over. Strong winds quickly changed from southeast to northwest, kicking up mud. Peak winds were estimated at 105 mph. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Straubville | - | A tower was blown over. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Straubville | - | A brief touchdown was reported. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Straubville | - | Large trees were snapped. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Straubville | - | The hail knocked out some windows. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Straubville | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Straubville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Straubville | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Straubville | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Straubville | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Straubville | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Straubville | - | 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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122557955 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1032364. 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.