BlockSweetwater, North Dakota
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Freshwater Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58301. The Survey maps it on the Sweetwater quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1931 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Sweetwater between 1996 and 2018, burning about 191 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BEES |
| 5 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | FALSE |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | AS |
| 18 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | KENNER |
| 10 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | KENNER WPA |
| 17 October 1996 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | LANDFILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sweetwater in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 3 tornado, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Sweetwater | - | Storm chaser video shared via broadcast media confirms very brief ground circulation under a funnel not fully formed. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweetwater | - | At Dry Lake Campground, 6-inch diameter trees were blown down, an awning was broken off of a camper, and a windshield was damaged. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Sweetwater | - | Pea to quarter sized hail fell. |
| August 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Sweetwater | - | This was the first of two tornadoes viewed and photographed by multiple storm chasers in the Sweetwater Lake area, in southern Freshwater and Morris townships. This tornado tracked over open fields and marshland. Peak winds were estimated at 75 mph. |
| August 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Sweetwater | - | This was the second of two tornadoes viewed and photographed by multiple storm chasers in the Sweetwater Lake area. This tornado tracked to the east-southeast over open fields and marshland. Peak winds were estimated at 75 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webster | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Darby | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Grand Harbor | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Devils Lake | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Essex | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Garske | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Lakewood Park | 10.4 miles | 14 | |
| Keith | 10.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1032417. 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.