Grandin, North Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Grandin City. It lies in ZIP code area 58038. The Survey maps it on the Grandin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Grandin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Grandin in 2016, burning about 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 1608019 |
| 18 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 1605009 |
| 24 April 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 1604009 |
| 11 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 1604008 |
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 Grandin in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 13 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 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 2008 | Hail | Grandin | $50,000 | The hail was mostly quarter sized. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandin | $50,000 | Two large grain bins were blown down along with numerous trees. |
| July 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Grandin | $5,000 | This tornado tracked for a distance of nearly four miles, to around four miles south-southwest of Grandin. Initially the tornado tracked southward for about 1.5 miles before turning southeast. Farm shelterbelts along the route had numerous large tree branches and tree limbs broken down. The long rope tornado was partially obscured in heavy rains at times. Peak winds were estimated at 85 mph. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Grandin | - | A report of 4.42 inches of rain was reported as measured at a personal weather station. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandin | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Grandin | - | Just a few nickel sized hailstones were reported. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Grandin | - | The hail fell along Interstate 29 between mile points 88 and 90. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Grandin | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell near Grandin. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Grandin | - | Pea to nickel sized hail fell near mile point 91 on Interstate 29. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Grandin | - | The hail fell along Interstate 29 north of Gardner. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Grandin | - | A few walnut sized hail fell. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Grandin | - | The hail fell at mile marker 89. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandin | - | A Davis wind sensor measured the wind gust. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Grandin | - | The hail fell along the Traill/Cass county line near the Red River, before crossing into Norman county. |
| September 2005 | Flash Flood | Grandin | - | About 1.50 inches of precipitation fell in less than an hour. Farm fields and yards were flooded. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grandin | - | A 62 mph wind gust was measured by a Davis system. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Grandin | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Grandin | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Grandin | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Grandin | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Grandin | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Grandin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hunter | 11.9 miles | 8 | |
| Argusville | 13.2 miles | 9 | |
| Arthur | 14.7 miles | 8 | |
| Brooktree Park | 17.1 miles | 9 | |
| Newman | 17.7 miles | 13 | |
| Vance | 18.1 miles | 8 | |
| Harwood | 18.9 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1029206. 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.




