Union, North Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Montrose Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58260. The Survey maps it on the Union quadrangle.

Union within Cavalier County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Union quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Cavalier quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Union: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Ellingson Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 2015	Tornado (EF1)	Union	-	The tornado tracked from two miles north-northwest of Union, through town, and to about one mile south of Union. The tornado snapped numerous cottonwood and oak trees along its path. It also snapped one power pole and twisted a road sign. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 100 mph.
August 2007	Funnel Cloud	Union	-	This funnel was observed from about 2 miles west-northwest of Union. No touchdown was observed, but the funnel was well defined.
August 2007	Tornado (EF0)	Union	-	This tornado tracked intermittently to the east-northeast and passed about a mile north of Union. The tornado then crossed into Pembina County, where it dissipated one mile southwest of Garder at 605 pm CST. The tornado had a total path length of 5 miles, and 4 miles of the total occurred in Cavalier County. No damage was reported. The highly visible funnel and its intermittent contact were viewed and reported by several spotters in Pembina and Walsh Counties. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Union	-	A 35 foot tall pine tree was blown down along with numerous branches.
August 2007	Hail	Union	-	no account filed
August 2007	Hail	Union	-	no account filed
August 1998	Hail	Union	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cavalier County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Milton	6.9 miles	7
Osnabrock	13.2 miles	7
Hanks Corner	13.9 miles	10
Olga	17.3 miles	7
Easby	19.3 miles	7
Nekoma	22.4 miles	7
Vang	25.8 miles	7
Langdon	26.2 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1032590. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.