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Cooperstown, North Dakota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cooperstown City. It lies in ZIP code area 58425. The Survey maps it on the Cooperstown East quadrangle. 983 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,434 feet above sea level.

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Cooperstown within Griggs County

On record in Cooperstown

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Cooperstown fell from 984 to 983 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.

YearPeople Change
2010984
2020983-1 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cooperstown between 2013 and 2019, burning about 42 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
26 May 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceSHELTER BELT FIRE
14 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMITCH DAHL
13 May 2013Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServicePEKIN FIRE
28 April 2019Debris and open burning10 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceSAXBERG FIRE
26 April 2019Debris and open burning20 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServicePAINTNER FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Griggs County

Storms near this place

60 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cooperstown in 75 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 35 hail, 30 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 4 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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
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 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 1999Thunderstorm WindCooperstown$20,000A barn was blown down by the wind. A dozen sheep inside the barn were killed.
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.
July 2001Flash FloodCooperstown$5,000The city park was flooded and water was 2 feet deep on streets downtown.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCooperstown$5,000Trees and power lines were downed.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindCooperstown$3,000Branches were blown down.
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 WindCooperstown$500Branches were blown down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCooperstown$500Branches were blown down.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindCooperstown$200Tree limbs were blown down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-NDAWN station 2W of Cooperstown reported a wind gust of 63 mph. Mesonet station 321766 Cooperstown ND NDAWN.
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.
June 2023HailCooperstown-Public reports quarter sized hail covering the ground.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-Received a wind report of 58 mph as measured from a personal weather station.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-Peak wind was measured at an NDAWN station.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-Peak gust of 81 mph reported at the Cooperstown Airport AWOS.
September 2020Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-The wind gust was measured by a Davis mesonet sensor.
June 2020HailCooperstown-Two inches of rain also fell. The ground was white with hail.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-The wind gust was measured by a NDAWN mesonet sensor.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station.
September 2017Funnel CloudCooperstown-A funnel cloud was observed just west of the Steele County line in far southeast Romness Township.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-A corn field was shredded by hail and strong winds.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-The wind gust was measured by a NDAWN station.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-The wind gust was measured at the NDAWN mesonet site along highway 200 at highway 1. The station also reported 62 mph at 629 pm CDT.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-The wind gust was measured at the Cooperstown airport.
October 2013Funnel CloudCooperstown-A funnel cloud was briefly observed.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-The wind gust was measured at the Cooperstown airport.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-Many large tree branches were blown down.
July 2008HailCooperstown-Golfball sized hail and a wall cloud were observed just west of the intersection of highway 45 and highway 32.
July 2007HailCooperstown-Pea to quarter sized hail fell along with very heavy rain.
April 2006Flash FloodCooperstown-Water covered roads northeast of Cooperstown.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-A 2 inch diameter metal flagpole was bent over by the wind.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-Many trees were blown down all over town. Highway 45 was blocked by fallen trees and tree limbs.
August 2004HailCooperstown-The ground was white with hail.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindCooperstown-Large tree branches were blown down.
July 2001Flash FloodCooperstown-Water was reported over highway 200 with many fields and ditches full.
May 2000HailCooperstown-Hail completely covered the ground.
June 2020HailCooperstown-no account filed
September 2019HailCooperstown-no account filed
June 2017HailCooperstown-no account filed
June 2015HailCooperstown-no account filed
June 2006HailCooperstown-no account filed
June 2006HailCooperstown-no account filed
August 2006HailCooperstown-no account filed
August 2006HailCooperstown-no account filed
May 2005HailCooperstown-no account filed
June 2005Funnel CloudCooperstown-no account filed
May 2004HailCooperstown-no account filed
August 2004HailCooperstown-no account filed
August 2004HailCooperstown-no account filed
July 2003HailCooperstown-no account filed
June 2002HailCooperstown-no account filed
June 2002HailCooperstown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Griggs 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
Shepard3.8 miles9
Mardell (historical)6.3 miles9
Jessie9.1 miles9
Hannaford9.6 miles8
Karnak11.7 miles8
Revere12.5 miles8
Walum12.6 miles8
Binford14.3 miles8

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 CooperstownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1999157The 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 1028450. 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.