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Golva, North Dakota

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Lone Tree Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58632. The Survey maps it on the Golva quadrangle. 84 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,831 feet above sea level.

Golva within Golden Valley County

Population over time

2 figures

Golva grew from 61 to 84 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
201061
202084+23 (+38%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 6 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

48 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Golva in 48 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 25 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2015Thunderstorm WindGolva$450,000Significant and severe damage was done from extreme winds on the leading edge of the line of thunderstorms. Twenty-four consecutive wooden power poles were snapped, brand new storage bins were destroyed, trailers and a camper were flipped, and outbuildings were damaged. Nearly 100 hay bales were rolled, most of them destroyed. There was significant crop damage.
July 2025HailGolva$75,000Hail was driven by 60 mph winds, breaking 3 windows and damaging the siding on a home.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGolva$7,000The storm was accompanied by nickel size hail 0.88 inch diameter and very heavy rain. There was some damage to siding.
June 2013Tornado (EF0)Golva$5,000The tornado knocked down six inch in diameter trees on a rural ranch. This tornado was rated as EF0 with estimated wind speeds around 75 mph.
June 2006LightningGolva$2,000Lightning strikes in the Golva area started a grass fire that burned 50 hay bales. Report through newspaper.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindGolva-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindGolva-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 65 mph were estimated by a trained spotter.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindGolva-Heavy rain accompanied the strong winds.
May 2011Heavy RainGolva-A storm total rainfall of 1.50 inches was reported.
July 2009HailGolva-No damage was reported.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGolva-The storm was accompanied by pea size hail and very heavy rain.
June 2006HailGolva-Mostly penny size hail with a few golfball size.
July 2001HailGolva-Trained spotter reported ground white from hail and wind gust to 60 mph accompanied the storm.
July 2001Tornado (F2)Golva-The tornado remained in open country but hit a farmstead causing major damage. Windows blown out. Singles and siding ripped off.
July 2001HailGolva-This is the same storm which produced an f2 tornado 5 miles east...northeast of Golva. Reportes of "rivers" of water and hail caused localize flooding.
July 2001Flash FloodGolva-Flash flooding resulted in the death of several livestock.
July 2001Flash FloodGolva-Up to 3 inches of rain fell in a 2 hour period associated with drifts of hail caused overland flooding and washing out back roads.
July 2001HailGolva-Several windows, skylights and roof damage to a farmstead. Hail accumulated up to 5 inches in yard.
July 2000HailGolva-Localized flooding from very heavy rain.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGolva-Numerous trees downd.
July 2000HailGolva-The storm produced a 45 minuate hail storm which broke out windows of homes, automobles and shredded siding on a home. Six antelope were killed. Several cattle were injured.
July 2000HailGolva-Windows in automobles and homes broken. Localized flooding. The hail storm lasted 40 minuates.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindGolva-no account filed
June 2024HailGolva-no account filed
June 2023HailGolva-no account filed
June 2023HailGolva-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindGolva-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindGolva-no account filed
July 2020HailGolva-no account filed
July 2019HailGolva-no account filed
July 2019HailGolva-no account filed
June 2015Funnel CloudGolva-no account filed
July 2011HailGolva-no account filed
June 2011Funnel CloudGolva-no account filed
September 2010HailGolva-no account filed
June 2009HailGolva-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindGolva-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGolva-no account filed
July 2004HailGolva-no account filed
May 2003HailGolva-no account filed
July 2003HailGolva-no account filed
June 2001HailGolva-no account filed
July 2001HailGolva-no account filed
July 2001HailGolva-no account filed
July 2000HailGolva-no account filed
June 1999Tornado (F0)Golva-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindGolva-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindGolva-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Golden Valley 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
Ekre3.9 miles5
Thelan4.9 miles5
Alpha10.3 miles6
Chama12.6 miles5
Beach12.7 miles8
Sentinel Butte14.9 miles5
De Mores18.3 miles6
Rider22.3 miles6

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 GolvaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2447149The 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 1034887. 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.