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Baldwin, North Dakota

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Crofte Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58521. The Survey maps it on the Baldwin quadrangle. It stands 1,939 feet above sea level.

Baldwin within Burleigh County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Baldwin between 2017 and 2020, burning about 4 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 September 2020Smoking1.5 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceHWY 83
13 April 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest Service1250 149TH AVE NW
22 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service2017-123
20 December 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceHWY 83 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burleigh County

Storms near this place

40 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baldwin in 40 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 25 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024HailBaldwin$2,000,000The severe thunderstorm that passed over the Harmon Lake area in Morton County moved into Burleigh County, and produced a swath of ping pong ball to tennis ball size hail as it passed to the north of the city of Bismarck. This storm caused extensive damage to roofs and vehicles.
June 2025HailBaldwin$500,000Multiple homes had roofing damage at The Ranch subdivision north of Bismarck.
June 2025HailBaldwin$500,000Multiple homes suffered roof and siding damage in the Heritage Reserve subdivision north of Bismarck.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBaldwin$100,000A large pole barn was mostly destroyed with posts from the pole barn pulled out of the ground, but the equipment sustained minimal damage.
August 2011Flash FloodBaldwin$100,000Flooded roads were reported throughout Bismarck with water as much as two feet deep on streets. Water was running over curbs and through yards. Ditches in rural north Bismarck were full to overflowing and threatening homes. Two to three inches of rain fell on Bismarck. Rain at the airport measured 2.48 inches.
June 2025Tornado (EF1)Baldwin$75,000This is the first of two tornadoes that occurred to the north of Bismarck. The tornado developed just north of a residence, and slowly moved to the south-southeast. As it moved through the residence lot, the tornado caused significant roof damage to an outbuilding and toppled a covered trailer. In addition, a few softwood and hardwood trees were snapped or uprooted. As the tornado moved south over 110th Avenue Northwest, it snapped several large branches off a large cottonwood tree in the south ditch. The tornado then continued to move south before dissipating. Based on the damage done this tornado was rated EF-1, and from that wind speeds were estimated to be around 95 mph.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBaldwin$15,000Extensive tree damage was reported to the south of Double Ditch Indian Village State Historic Site.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBaldwin$10,000Damage was reported to trees and there was also minor structural damage.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBaldwin$5,000Multiple downed trees.
June 2010LightningBaldwin$1,000A lightning strike triggered a fire which burned a stack of 100 straw bales.
June 2025Tornado (EFU)Baldwin-This is the second of two tornadoes that occurred to the north of Bismarck. The tornado formed in an open field north of Bismarck and impacted no structures, thus there was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown).
September 2025Tornado (EFU)Baldwin-The tornado touched down in an open field east of Baldwin and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown).
August 2022Thunderstorm WindBaldwin-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by the public.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBaldwin-Strong wind gusts estimated by amateur radio operator.
July 2008HailBaldwin-No damage was reported.
July 2008Tornado (EF0)Baldwin-The public reported a brief tornado touchdown. There were no reports of damage as the tornado remained in open country and impacted no structures.
July 2008HailBaldwin-There were no reports of damage.
July 2008Tornado (EF0)Baldwin-A tornado briefly touched down in open prairie northeast of Baldwin, and tracked three miles southeast before dissipating. No damage reports were received.
June 2025HailBaldwin-no account filed
June 2025HailBaldwin-no account filed
June 2025HailBaldwin-no account filed
June 2025HailBaldwin-no account filed
July 2025HailBaldwin-no account filed
July 2024HailBaldwin-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBaldwin-no account filed
July 2020HailBaldwin-no account filed
July 2020HailBaldwin-no account filed
June 2019HailBaldwin-no account filed
June 2016HailBaldwin-no account filed
July 2016HailBaldwin-no account filed
September 2014HailBaldwin-no account filed
August 2014Funnel CloudBaldwin-no account filed
August 2014HailBaldwin-no account filed
May 2012HailBaldwin-no account filed
May 2008HailBaldwin-no account filed
June 2003HailBaldwin-no account filed
June 2003HailBaldwin-no account filed
July 1996HailBaldwin-no account filed
July 1996HailBaldwin-no account filed
September 1994HailBaldwin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Burleigh County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Midway3.6 miles9
Wogansport6.6 miles9
Arnold7.1 miles9
Double Ditch Indian Village10.2 miles10
Still11.0 miles6
Hay Creek Court12.2 miles11
North Valley Park12.2 miles11
Mister Bs Estates13.3 miles11

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 BaldwinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4850504The 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 1027796. 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.