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Griggs County, North Dakota

21 topographic sheets cover 11 settlements here, and 4 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

4 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

North Dakota within the United States
Griggs County within North Dakota

What the record shows

  • 92 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 4 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 3 buildings and 1 structure.
  • 1 of the 4 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 11 populated places in this county; 11 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

4

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Griggs County Courthousebuilding197777001025
Northern Lights Masonic Lodgebuilding198787001775
Oscar-Zero Missile Alert Facilitybuilding200808000994
Romness Bridgestructure199797000179

Wildfire, 2008 to 2019

24 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 24 of them, burning about 1,374 acres. None started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 April 2019Debris and open burning700 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceSHAUN ADRIAN
13 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMATT HELM
12 April 2016Debris and open burning200 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceSAXBERG-EBERHARDT
7 May 2019Debris and open burning50 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceSCOTT LARSON PLOT
26 April 2019Debris and open burning20 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServicePAINTNER FIRE
31 August 2012Debris and open burning20 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceRUSTEN
31 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use15 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceTAFELMEYER-VIG CRP
20 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use15 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceBRANDON WALL STRAW BALER

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1956 to 2025

60 of 319 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 319 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 1 injury and about $18,126,980 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail159
Thunderstorm Wind96
Tornado37
Funnel Cloud13
Flash Flood7
Flood5
Heavy Rain2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1997HailCooperstown1 hurt, $5,000,000The hail began near Jessie, cut a 3 by 12 mile long swath of damage, and ended 3 miles south of Cooperstown. The hail lasted for 15 minutes in Cooperstown, breaking windows, and damaging homes and businesses. One car dealership sustained $400,000 worth of damages. 20,000 acres of crops were destroyed, the equivalent of 20 farms. A 15 year-old girl, driving in the storm, suffered minor cuts due to flying glass. One hailstone recovered near Cooperstown measured 4 by 7 inches.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindCooperstown$9,060,000Thunderstorm downburst winds funneled down the Sheyenne River Valley and blew numerous double-stack containers and BNSF railroad container cars off the south side of the Luverne Trestle Bridge. At least 76 containers were destroyed after plunging up to 150 feet into the valley below. The bridge is located about 2 miles west of Luverne. Peak winds were estimated at 85 mph.
June 1986Tornado (F2)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
June 1994Tornado (F0)Binford$500,000A severe thunderstorm, which spawned a tornado, funnel clouds, and waterspouts, passed near a Bible Camp. Trees were destroyed and power lines downed. Strong winds from the storm caused a pickup and camper, with three passengers, to roll over on its side. There were no injuries reported.
July 1987Tornado (F3)not stated$250,000no account filed
July 1987Tornado (F0)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 1986Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCooperstown$100,000The front of a barn was blown off, a machine shed was destroyed, and a garage was toppled onto 2 vehicles inside. Some debris was scattered more than a mile away.
August 2011Flash FloodCooperstown$25,000Several sections of farmland and farm access roads were flooded across portions of Sverdrup and Broadview townships.
June 1971Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
July 1957Tornado (F3)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCooperstown$20,000A barn was blown down by the wind. A dozen sheep inside the barn were killed.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindShepard$20,000A small recreational vehicle was pushed more than 30 feet, crushing it.
August 2008HailHannaford$20,000no account filed
July 2011Tornado (EF1)Revere$10,000The tornado knocked down several trees in various shelterbelts along its route. At one farmstead several sheets of steel roofing were ripped up and tossed off of a shed and numerous tree branches were scattered about. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph.
August 2011FloodCooperstown$10,000Overland flooding continued east and southeast of Cooperstown after 3 to 6 inches of rain fell.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCooperstown$10,000Tree branches were blown down on city streets. One tree landed on top of a recreational vehicle.
May 2010Flash FloodHannaford$5,000Heavy rains of three to five inches produced flooding in fields and across a few low lying roads.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindHannaford$5,000Several large 3 to 5 inch diameter tree branches were blown down.
July 2001Flash FloodCooperstown$5,000The city park was flooded and water was 2 feet deep on streets downtown.
August 2001HailRevere$5,000Hailstones damaged a pickup and the siding on a house and broke a window.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCooperstown$5,000Trees and power lines were downed.
March 2009FloodMose$5,000no account filed
April 2009FloodMose$5,000no account filed
August 2001HailRevere$4,000Windows were broken and the siding on a home was damaged.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindCooperstown$3,000Branches were blown down.
August 1990Tornado (F0)not stated$2,500no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCooperstown$2,000Trees were blown down in Cooperstown.
September 2017Tornado (EF0)Cooperstown$1,000This tornado tracked intermittently for about two miles across a portion of the Sheyenne River Valley. Large tree branches were broken down in various shelterbelts and groves along the path, mainly along the valley edge. Peak winds were estimated at 75 mph.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindCooperstown$500Large tree branches were blown off.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindHannaford$500Branches were blown down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindCooperstown$500Branches were blown down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCooperstown$500Branches were blown down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindBinford$500Branches were blown down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHannaford$500Tree branches were blown down.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBinford$500Large trees were blown down in the strong wind.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBinford$500no account filed
June 1983Tornado (F0)not stated$250no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindCooperstown$200Tree limbs were blown down.
July 1982Tornado (F0)not stated$30no account filed
June 2025HailBinford-Report of quarter size hail.
August 2025Tornado (EF0)Mose-This brief tornado developed about 1.7 miles west of Red Willow Lake and caused damage to crops. High resolution satellite imagery reveals ground scouring and crop damage along the short narrow path. Time estimated from KMVX radar. Maximum wind is estimated at 70 mph.
August 2025Tornado (EF1)Revere-This QLCS tornado was likely rain wrapped with the starting location approximated based on high resolution satellite imagery with scouring occurring in a wheat field. The tornado moved to the northeast and destroyed a 120 ft by 60 ft pole barn. Max estimated wind is 110 mph.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-NDAWN station 2W of Cooperstown reported a wind gust of 63 mph. Mesonet station 321766 Cooperstown ND NDAWN.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSutton-Personal weather station via Weather Underground, I.D. Ramsey Farm - KNDBINFO8. Measured gust to 71 mph. Duration of severe gusts 40 minutes. Highest sustained wind 67 mph. Extreme wind gusts associated with MCV on backside of derecho.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-Personal weather station via Weather Underground, I.D. Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile SHS - KNDCOOPE6. Measured gust to 59 mph. Duration of severe gusts 15 minutes. Extreme wind gusts associated with MCV on backside of derecho.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-NDAWN station 2W of Cooperstown measured a 72 mph wind gust at the 10 meter sensor. Mesonet station 321766 Cooperstown ND NDAWN.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindJessie-Multiple tree branches down and one large tree down.
June 2024HailBinford-Quarter sized hail reported in Binford, ND.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCooperstown Arpt-Cooperstown AWOS reports 59 mph gust.
June 2023HailCooperstown-Public reports quarter sized hail covering the ground.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCooperstown Arpt-Automated weather station at airport in Cooperstown, ND.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSutton-Received a report of a 59 mph wind gust measured at a personal weather station.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-Received a wind report of 58 mph as measured from a personal weather station.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRevere-Received a report of a 72 mph wind gust as measured from a personal weather station.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindJessie-Received a report of a 68 mph wind gust as measured on a personal weather station. Location was 4 miles NW of Cooperstown.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindJessie-Received a public report of an uprooted tree via social media.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSutton-A few large 4 to 6 inch diameter tree branches broken down, along with dime to nickel size hail.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHannaford-Peak wind was measured at a personal weather station.
September 2022HailWalum-Public reports quarter-sized hail. Time estimated by radar.

Every populated place in the county

11

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Griggs County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.