Sydney, North Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sydney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58401. It stands on Buffalo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Millarton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1896 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Millarton quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Sydney between 2011 and 2019, burning about 182 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 80412 |
| 29 July 2012 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 100312 |
| 5 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 90216 |
| 25 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 31049 |
| 16 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 30212 |
| 19 February 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 12 |
| 10 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 11 |
| 3 October 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 304015 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sydney in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 6 hail, 3 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sydney | $5,000 | A tree blew down on a power line. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Sydney | $4,000 | The hail damaged a car. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sydney | $1,000 | A tree was blown over. Diameter of the tree is unknown. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sydney | - | Dime sized hail fell for approximately 15 minutes and accumulated on the ground. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sydney | - | The trained spotter reported no damage. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Sydney | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Sydney | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Sydney | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Sydney | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millarton | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Kloze | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Sharlow | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Homer | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Montpelier | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Jamestown Junction | 10.5 miles | 11 | |
| Ypsilanti | 11.5 miles | 10 | |
| Frontier Village | 11.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1032425. 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.




