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Hannover, North Dakota

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the West Oliver unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58563. The Survey maps it on the Hannover quadrangle. It stands 2,142 feet above sea level.

Hannover within Oliver County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 5 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

11 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Hannover between 2016 and 2020, burning about 1,319 acres in total. 2 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 burning6
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
21 September 2019Naturalunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceLIGHTNING STRIKE
21 September 2019Naturalunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceBALE BURNING FROM LIGHTNING STRIKE
10 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use1,000 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceBIEBER
26 June 2016Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGAME & FISH S MM147
8 April 2016Debris and open burning4.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceSCHEIDT
3 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceBEULAH FIRE
21 April 2020Debris and open burning4.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceHINTZ FIRE
9 March 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceOESTRICH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oliver County

Storms near this place

53 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hannover in 53 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 33 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
June 2025HailHannover$100,000A window was broken, roofing was damaged, and the shop and barn were severely dented.
April 2009FloodHannover$99,000Heavy overland flooding associated with snowmelt resulted in damage to county and township roads.
March 2009FloodHannover$88,000Overland flooding damaged state, county and township roads. No homes were flooded. Flooding continued into April.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHannover$60,000Very strong straight line thunderstorm winds resulted in extensive tree and building damage to a farmstead near Hannover. The worst of the damage occurred to a shed, which was blown apart and scattered one half of a mile downwind.
September 2014HailHannover$60,000Windows were broken out of the west side of a home.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindHannover$50,000no account filed
August 2021Flash FloodHannover$35,000Over four inches of rain falling from a slow moving thunderstorm led to flash flooding. Rural roads had water flowing over them, washing gravel away and making them impassable.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHannover$20,000Multiple trees were broken down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHannover$10,000The strong winds snapped two twenty foot tall trees.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHannover$8,000Small trees were blown over.
August 2019HailHannover$5,000Tree were stripped of leaves and extensive crop damage occurred.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindHannover$2,000An unattached porch was tipped over.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHannover$1,000Two-inch diameter tree branches were broken.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHannover$1,000Thunderstorm winds damaged the screen door to a house.
June 2025Tornado (EFU)Hannover-The tornado formed in an open field southwest of Hannover and tracked to the southeast before dissipating south of Hannover. The tornado impacted no structures, thus there was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown).
August 2019Thunderstorm WindHannover-Winds gusts estimated by the public.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHannover-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph were estimated by a trained spotter.
July 2008HailHannover-Law enforcement reported nickel size hail along with estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
August 2002Flash FloodHannover-County roads flooded with 1 to 2 feet of water resulting in deep cuts in the roads. Rainfall of 5.08 inches from the storm.
June 1999Tornado (F1)Hannover-damage unknown.
June 2025HailHannover-no account filed
June 2025HailHannover-no account filed
June 2025HailHannover-no account filed
June 2025HailHannover-no account filed
June 2025HailHannover-no account filed
June 2025HailHannover-no account filed
June 2024HailHannover-no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHannover-no account filed
August 2022HailHannover-no account filed
August 2021HailHannover-no account filed
July 2019HailHannover-no account filed
July 2019HailHannover-no account filed
August 2019HailHannover-no account filed
August 2019HailHannover-no account filed
September 2018HailHannover-no account filed
June 2017HailHannover-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHannover-no account filed
July 2016HailHannover-no account filed
July 2016Funnel CloudHannover-no account filed
June 2015HailHannover-no account filed
October 2015HailHannover-no account filed
July 2013HailHannover-no account filed
July 2013HailHannover-no account filed
August 2010HailHannover-no account filed
July 2010HailHannover-no account filed
June 2008HailHannover-no account filed
July 2006HailHannover-no account filed
July 2003HailHannover-no account filed
June 2002HailHannover-no account filed
August 1999HailHannover-no account filed
August 1999HailHannover-no account filed
June 1996HailHannover-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindHannover-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oliver 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
Center6.7 miles6
Otter Creek8.1 miles5
Fort Clark12.8 miles6
Hensler20.8 miles9
Sanger23.3 miles8
Price25.8 miles9

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 HannoverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5649220The 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 1029305. 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.