Crete, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Denver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58040. The Survey maps it on the Crete quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Crete quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lisbon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Crete between 2017 and 2018, burning about 10 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | PICKLE FIRE |
| 21 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 282017 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crete in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 8 hail, 7 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crete | $500,000 | Three of four 44,000 bushel grain bins were blown over at the Crete Elevator complex. The fourth, which was full of grain, remained standing. Eight 40,000 bushel grains bins were also damaged and one 40,000 bushel grain bin was blown down. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Crete | $50,000 | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Flood | Crete | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Flood | Crete | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Flood | Crete | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Crete | - | A tornado tracked intermittently for nearly two miles from just north of HWY 13 through the buns slough area of central Denver Township, o around 5 NNE of Crete by 408 PM CDT. The tornado repeatedly showed a dust plume but stayed mainly over open grassland. Peak winds estimated to 70 mph, with a max width of 25 yards. |
| October 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Crete | - | A persistent funnel cloud developed and tracked just to the east of Crete. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crete | - | Numerous tree branches were blown down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crete | - | Several three to five inch diameter tree branches were broken down in western Verner Township. A wind sensor several miles to the west measured wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crete | - | Several 4 to 6 inch diameter tree branches were blown down in a shelterbelt. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Crete | - | Local fields were flooded and water covered a farm access road. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Crete | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Crete | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Crete | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Flood | Crete | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Flood | Crete | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Crete | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Crete | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Crete | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Crete | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Crete | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Crete | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hample | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Nicholson | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Stirum | 8.3 miles | 7 | |
| Harlem (historical) | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Straubville | 11.3 miles | 7 | |
| Cogswell | 11.5 miles | 7 | |
| Gwinner | 16.0 miles | 8 | |
| Brampton | 17.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1028532. 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.




