Berlin, North Dakota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Berlin City. It lies in ZIP code area 58415. The Survey maps it on the Berlin quadrangle. 31 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,467 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBerlin fell from 34 to 31 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 | 34 | |
| 2020 | 31 | -3 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1894 USGS La Moure quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Lamoure quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS La Moure quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Berlin quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS La Moure quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Berlin between 2012 and 2017, burning about 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | TROY HANSON |
| 24 May 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 10237 |
| 6 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DOMINIC SCHEER |
| 20 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | JERAD COOK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berlin in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 8 hail, 4 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Berlin | $225,000 | This tornado touched down west-southwest of Berlin, and based on the damage that occurred was rated EF1. Near the point of touchdown, a pole barn on a farmstead was severely damaged. An overhead door and a bi-fold door were blown in, about one-third of the metal roofing panels were blown off, and the entire structure had an arc towards the north. Additional damage at the farmstead included a laid over van-style trailer and shingle damage to the house. The tornado then proceeded towards the east, causing damage to a corn field. Tornado winds were estimated, based on the damage done, at around 95 mph, again, EF1. This was the first of three tornadoes this day in LaMoure County, all within 20 minutes of each other. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berlin | $100,000 | Large trees were snapped near their base and uprooted in the Berlin and Grand Rapids areas of LaMoure County. There was also structural damage to smaller buildings. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Berlin | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Berlin | $20,000 | Hail as large as hockey pucks fell along the path of the supercell thunderstorm and EF3 tornado that moved through LaMoure County. See the EF3 tornado entry for LaMoure County. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Berlin | $15,000 | Township roads closed due to water over the roads. Rain reports across the county ranged from around three inches to as much as 7.50 inches. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EFU) | Berlin | - | This tornado touched down south-southwest of Berlin and moved to the east-southeast. The tornado produced no damage to evaluate and so by National Weather Service policy was rated EFU, EF Unknown. This was the second of three tornadoes this day in LaMoure County, all within 20 minutes of each other. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EFU) | Berlin | - | This tornado touched down northeast of Berlin and moved to the east-southeast. The tornado produced no damage to evaluate and so by National Weather Service policy was rated EFU, EF Unknown. This was the third of three tornadoes this day in LaMoure County, all within 20 minutes of each other. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Berlin | - | Lamoure County Sheriff deputy found tennis ball size hail stones lying on highway 13 as he drove from Edgeley to LaMoure. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berlin | - | The wind tore down a 12 inch diameter tree. Up to one inch of rainfall accompanied the storm. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Berlin | - | Rainfall from the storm totaled 3.50 inches. Numerous branches down. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Berlin | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Berlin | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Berlin | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berlin | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Berlin | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berlin | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Berlin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Colony | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Willowbank Colony | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Medberry | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Grand Rapids | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| LaMoure | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Dickey | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| Edgeley | 12.0 miles | 11 | |
| Saratoga Springs (historical) | 12.2 miles | 10 |
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 Berlin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q821229 | 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 1033627. 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.






