BlockWerner, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Halliday unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58636. The Survey maps it on the Werner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Watford City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Watford City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Watford City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Werner quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Killdeer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Werner in 2019, burning under an acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Berthold Agency | LIGHTNING |
Storms near this place
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Werner in 11 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 8 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Hail | Werner | $30,000 | Siding on a house was damaged. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Werner | $10,000 | Large tree branches were broken around the marina at McKenzie Bay. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Werner | $10,000 | There were two reports of very heavy rain from northern Dunn County. One was 1.24 inches in 25 minutes about 10 miles northeast of Dunn Center and the other was 1.50 inches in 45 minutes from about 6 miles north-northeast of Killdeer. Reports of flash flooding of low lying and poor drainage areas were received. Damage was not significant. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Werner | - | A heavy rainfall report of 2.45 inches in one hour was received. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Werner | - | No damage was reported. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Werner | - | The hail varied in size with the largest stones the size of golf balls. No damage was reported. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Werner | - | Along highway 200. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Werner | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Werner | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Werner | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Werner | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halliday | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Dunn Center | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Dodge | 13.9 miles | 7 | |
| Emerson | 15.4 miles | 7 | |
| Twin Buttes | 15.5 miles | 7 | |
| Killdeer | 15.8 miles | 7 | |
| Marshall | 16.7 miles | 7 | |
| Manning | 18.9 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1032721. 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.