BlockZahl, North Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Scorio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58856. It stands on Scorio Creek. The Survey maps it on the Zahl quadrangle. It stands 2,014 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1948 USGS Zahl quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Williston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Williston quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Crosby quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Zahl in 1993, burning about 205 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 205 acres | Crosby Wetland Management District | LAKE ZAHL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Zahl: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kettle Lake Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zahl in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 5 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zahl | - | The strong thunderstorm winds were reported at a camp ground in Zahl. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Zahl | - | Significant crop damage along with 2.10 inches of rain in less than 2 hours. Reported by a NWS cooperative observer. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Zahl | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zahl | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Zahl | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Zahl | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Zahl | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Zahl | - | 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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Zahl | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8064697 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1032901. 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.
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.