Camp Grafton, North Dakota
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Creel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58301. The Survey maps it on the Camp Grafton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1931 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Camp Grafton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Camp Grafton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
839 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 839 fires within 5 miles of Camp Grafton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,525 acres in total. None started naturally. 727 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 727 |
| Debris and open burning | 96 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | WANG |
| 5 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fort Totten Agency | TH1114 |
| 4 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Fort Totten Agency | ROTELLA CAN |
| 4 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fort Totten Agency | JACOBS |
| 3 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fort Totten Agency | COUCH |
| 28 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Fort Totten Agency | MS1611 |
| 24 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Fort Totten Agency | not named |
| 21 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fort Totten Agency | WHITE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Camp Grafton: 3 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavanaugh Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Soper Brothers Const Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Strong Excavating Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camp Grafton in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp Grafton | - | Peak wind measured at an NDDOT RWIS station along ND20. A few large trees were blown down around Devils Lake. Shingles were blown off a house as posted via social media. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp Grafton | - | Peak wind was measured by an NDDOT RWIS station along Highway 20. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp Grafton | - | The wind gust was measured by a North Dakota DOT RWIS site. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp Grafton | - | The wind gust was measured by a ND DOT RWIS sensor. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp Grafton | - | The wind gust was measured at the highway 20 RWIS station on Devils Lake. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Camp Grafton | - | Dime to half dollar size hail fell near the Shooting Star Casino. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Camp Grafton | - | The hail fell at Camp Grafton, south of Devils Lake. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp Grafton | - | Strong winds blew down trees and damaged roofs at Camp Grafton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Park | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Devils Lake | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Darby | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Grand Harbor | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Keith | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Essex | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Sweetwater | 11.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ramsey | 11.3 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 Camp Grafton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5027199 | 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 1028258. 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.







