BlockTaft, North Dakota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eldorado Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58045. The Survey maps it on the Hillsboro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1918 USGS Kelso quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Kelso quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
11 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taft in 11 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taft | $15,000 | Strong winds destroyed a garage near Taft. One of the large beams that supported the garage was carried 50 feet and into the neighboring trailer home wall. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Taft | $5,000 | Several trees were broken down in shelterbelts. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taft | - | Trained spotter reported a wind gust of near 70 mph on I-29, south of Cummings ND. Spotter's car was oscillating and vibrating; a nearby semi struggled to remain upright. |
| June 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Taft | - | The funnel cloud was viewed and photographed from downtown Hillsboro. The report came from social media. |
| August 2016 | Tornado (EF3) | Taft | - | The tornado destroyed a two car garage and snapped or uprooted numerous trees northwest of the Taft elevator. It crossed Interstate 29 near Taft and tore down filled grain bins, elevator legs, and tore the roofing off the office. It then tore the roof off and caved in the walls of a well built home east of the elevator complex. Peak winds were estimated at 140 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taft | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taft | - | The wind gust was measured by a Davis mesonet station. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taft | - | Two fifteen to twenty foot tall trees were blown down in Cummings. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taft | - | Several three to five inch diameter tree branches were broken off in a farmyard. A home weather station there measured 58 mph winds. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Taft | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Taft | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1033801. 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.
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.