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Chaseley, North Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Chaseley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58423. The Survey maps it on the Chaseley quadrangle. It stands 1,867 feet above sea level.

Chaseley within Wells County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

Storms near this place

21 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chaseley in 21 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 9 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 funnel cloud. 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
June 2025HailChaseley$500,000Wind driven hail caused extensive damage throughout the community of Bowdon, with most homes suffering broken windows. Significant vehicle damage also occurred along with widespread roof damage.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindChaseley$20,000Strong winds associated with a severe thunderstorm caused some damage to a home.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindChaseley$5,000Large tree branches were down.
June 2013Flash FloodChaseley$4,000Several county roads were reported to be under water. Rain reports ranged from an inch and a half to nearly three inches.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindChaseley$2,000Several large branches were blown down in Chaseley.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindChaseley$1,000A large evergreen tree blew over.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindChaseley-The Bowdon area suffered notable tree damage, with one spruce tree uprooted, and some box elder trees snapped. The winds combined with hail up to one-inch in diameter to cause additional damage to homes and vehicles which were already significantly damaged from storms that passed through earlier in the summer.
July 2024Tornado (EFU)Chaseley-The tornado touched down in an open field southeast of Chaseley and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown).
June 2022Tornado (EFU)Chaseley-The tornado touched down in an open field north of Chaseley and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF Unknown.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindChaseley-A trained spotter reported thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindChaseley-A tree near the residence blew over, but the diameter of the tree was unknown.
July 2024Funnel CloudChaseley-no account filed
June 2022Funnel CloudChaseley-no account filed
June 2017HailChaseley-no account filed
June 2017HailChaseley-no account filed
July 2016HailChaseley-no account filed
June 2015HailChaseley-no account filed
September 2014HailChaseley-no account filed
August 2012HailChaseley-no account filed
June 2008HailChaseley-no account filed
August 2005HailChaseley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wells 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
Hurdsfield5.7 miles7
Bowdon6.1 miles8
Heaton14.6 miles8
Fessenden17.0 miles10
Manfred17.3 miles10
Emrick19.1 miles10
Sykeston22.3 miles8
Harvey22.9 miles10

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 ChaseleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q136037976The 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 1028349. 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.

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.