BlockVang, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hope Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58249. The Survey maps it on the Vang quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Vang quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Langdon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
22 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vang in 22 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 12 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Vang | $20,000 | Large evergreens were uprooted or snapped in half. A 10x25 foot metal shed was destroyed. A piece of tin was peeled off a barn and thrown 200 yards downstream. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Vang | $12,500 | A driveway was washed out and roads and culverts were damaged. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Vang | $5,000 | Farm fields flooded up to four feet deep in places in south Olga township. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vang | - | A few 4 to 6 inch Oak branches were snapped around the area of the Pembina Gorge. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vang | - | Several large branches were blown down near the Frost Fire Resort. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vang | - | A few trees were blown down near the Frost Fire ski area. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vang | - | Many large trees were blown down. There was also evidence of hail damage to crops in and around the Pembina gorge area and Fremont Township. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Vang | - | Tennis ball to baseball sized hail fell across portions of northern Westhope and northwest Hope townships. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vang | - | Many trees were blown down in the Pembina Hills Wildlife Area. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Vang | - | The tornado tracked from 7 miles east of Vang to the Pembina county line 1 mile west of Walhalla. No significant damage was reported along this portion of the tornado track. This tornado continued into Pembina county. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Vang | - | The ground was white with hail. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Vang | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Vang | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Vang | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Vang | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Vang | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vang | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Vang | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Vang | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Vang | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Vang | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Vang | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olga | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Hanks Corner | 13.7 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Carmel | 14.0 miles | 7 | |
| Maida | 14.2 miles | 7 | |
| Easby | 15.1 miles | 7 | |
| Langdon | 16.4 miles | 8 | |
| Osnabrock | 16.4 miles | 7 | |
| Dresden | 19.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1032626. 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.