Grand Rapids, North Dakota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Grand Rapids Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58458. The Survey maps it on the Grand Rapids quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1894 USGS La Moure quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Lamoure quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS La Moure quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS La Moure quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Grand Rapids between 2017 and 2019, burning about 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CURWOOD SEEFELDT |
| 3 July 2017 | Fireworks | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 10244 |
| 23 July 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE BY SCHOCKMANS |
| 16 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 70318 |
| 24 May 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 10237 |
| 17 October 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CEMETARY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grand Rapids in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2017: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Rapids | $650,000 | The most severe wind damage observed during the storm survey in LaMoure County occurred in the town of Grand Rapids. Significant and widespread tree damage was observed, including numerous mature hardwood trees uprooted or snapped in half. Damage was also sustained to buildings, which consisted of roof damage, damage to pole barns, and several grain bins destroyed. Hey bales of 1300 pounds were also blown up to 500 yards across farm fields. ||The peak estimated wind speed of 105 mph was assigned based on damage indicators from the Enhanced Fujita Scale. It was later learned that wind sensing instruments on wind towers 10 miles west of Edgeley recorded a peak wind gust of 103 mph during the storm. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Rapids | $60,000 | Intense straight line thunderstorm winds damaged outbuildings on a farmstead just west of Grand Rapids. The roof on a barn was partially ripped off and a flag pole was bent over. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Rapids | $50,000 | Large field irrigators were tipped over between Grand Rapids and LaMoure. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Rapids | - | Corn crops were flattened to the ground. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Grand Rapids | - | There were no reports of damage associated with the large hail. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Rapids | - | Public reported could not keep vehicle on the road. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Grand Rapids | - | Several thousand acres of cropland damaged or destroyed. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Grand Rapids | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaMoure | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fairview Colony | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Berlin | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Dickey | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Benson Corner | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Saratoga Springs (historical) | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Marion | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Independence | 11.8 miles | 11 |
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 Grand Rapids | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22034091 | 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 1033642. 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.






