Wolverton, Minnesota
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Wolverton City. It lies in ZIP code area 56594. The Survey maps it on the Wolverton quadrangle. 128 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 932 feet above sea level.
On record in Wolverton
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 2 records
Wolverton Public Schoollisted 1980- David N. Peet Farmsteadlisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresWolverton fell from 142 to 128 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 | 142 | |
| 2020 | 128 | -14 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 22 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.
- 1895 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1897 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:125000, 12 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Wolverton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Wolverton between 2005 and 2019, burning about 21 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 17 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Wolverton: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Pitsd Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
38 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wolverton in 38 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 14 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 flood, 4 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverton | $50,000 | 10 aluminum transmission structure were blown over by the strong wind. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Wolverton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Flood | Wolverton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Flood | Wolverton | $10,000 | Overland flooding developed over portions of Wolverton Township drained by Wolverton Creek. Six to ten inches of very heavy rainfall the preceding evening collected in farm fields, ditches, and smaller streams through the early morning then steadily drained towards Wolverton Creek and the Red River. Wolverton Creek overtopped and partially washed out rural township and county roads at several locations. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Wolverton | $10,000 | Farm access roads and a 140 acre field were flooded. U.S. Highway 75 north of Kent was underwater and remained closed due to damage from earlier spring flooding. Portions of southern Roberts and northern McCauleyville townships along the Whiskey Creek drainage basin received 5 to 7 inches of rain from late afternoon into the late evening of the 16th. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Wolverton | $5,000 | Widespread flooding was reported in and around Wolverton. A total of 8.25 inches of rain was reported in town with over nine inches reported just outside of town to the south. |
| June 2009 | Flood | Wolverton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Flood | Wolverton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Flood | Wolverton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Wolverton | $1,000 | Several farm access roads and fields were flooded across Wolverton Township. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverton | $500 | Large branches were blown down. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverton | $200 | Tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverton | - | Wind gust measured on NDAWN site Wolverton 2E. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverton | - | Measurement on 10 meter NDAWN sensor. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Wolverton | - | Residential street and yard flooding reported along Wolverton Creek. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverton | - | Peak wind was measured at an NDAWN station at 10 meters. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverton | - | NDAWN station measured peak wind gust at 10 meters. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverton | - | NDAWN 10 meter wind report of 77 mph. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Wolverton | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverton | - | Trees were blown down in town. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolverton | - | Three to five inch diameter tree branches were felled. |
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Wolverton | - | This tornado knocked down several large tree limbs and a few smaller trees in farm shelter belts along its path. peak winds are estimated to 85 mph. |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Wolverton | - | The funnel cloud was visible for several minutes. |
| September 2002 | Hail | Wolverton | - | The large hail damaged the windows and siding on buildings. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Wolverton | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Wolverton | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Flood | Wolverton | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Wolverton | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Wolverton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Wolverton | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Wolverton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Wolverton | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Wolverton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Wolverton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Wolverton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Wolverton | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Wolverton | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Wolverton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCauleyville | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Kent | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Brushvale | 14.2 miles | 11 | |
| Lawndale | 19.8 miles | 9 | |
| Breckenridge | 22.1 miles | 11 | |
| Rothsay | 24.8 miles | 11 | |
| Everdell | 26.7 miles | 11 | |
| Doran | 29.4 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 Wolverton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2227781 | 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 654328. 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.






