Wahpeton, Iowa
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lakeville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51351. The Survey maps it on the Milford quadrangle. 345 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,398 feet above sea level.
On record in Wahpeton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Gull Point State Park, Area Alisted 1990 · 0.4 miles away
- Gull Point State Park, Area Blisted 1990 · 0.7 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresWahpeton grew from 341 to 345 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 341 | |
| 2020 | 345 | +4 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Milford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Iowa Great Lakes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Wahpeton between 2006 and 2017, burning about 370 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | A34, 2235 193RD AVE., OKOBOJI TWP, BY LITTLE SIOUX |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 25271 182ND ST., CENTER GROVE TWP, SPIRIT LAKE, IA |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 2305 225TH ST., MILFORD TWP, MILFORD, IA, IA |
| 3 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Iowa Wetland Management District | MOLLENDORP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Wahpeton: 23 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradbury | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dickinson County Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Leith Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Milford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Milford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Milford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Neppel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rohlin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wahpeton in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 | Wahpeton | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahpeton | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahpeton | $10,000 | Winds caused roof damage to a small barn. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahpeton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahpeton | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds bent over a power pole and flattened a corn crop. The amount of crop damage was not known. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Wahpeton | - | A few quarter-sized hailstones fell. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahpeton | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts uprooted a 4 foot diameter cottonwood tree. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahpeton | - | Large branches, up to 3 inches in diameter, were snapped from trees. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahpeton | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including large branches and a few trees down. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Wahpeton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent Beach Resort | 0.1 miles | 8 | |
| West Okoboji | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Manhattan Beach Resort | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Okoboji | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Egralharve | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Arnolds Park | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Crows Nest Resort | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Village East Resort | 2.7 miles | 8 |
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 Wahpeton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1911083 | 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 462602. 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.



