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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 5 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.
- 1954 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Hannover quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 2016Regional 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 burning | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | LIGHTNING STRIKE |
| 21 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | BALE BURNING FROM LIGHTNING STRIKE |
| 10 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BIEBER |
| 26 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GAME & FISH S MM147 |
| 8 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | SCHEIDT |
| 3 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BEULAH FIRE |
| 21 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HINTZ FIRE |
| 9 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | OESTRICH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
53 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Hail | Hannover | $100,000 | A window was broken, roofing was damaged, and the shop and barn were severely dented. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Hannover | $99,000 | Heavy overland flooding associated with snowmelt resulted in damage to county and township roads. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Hannover | $88,000 | Overland flooding damaged state, county and township roads. No homes were flooded. Flooding continued into April. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannover | $60,000 | Very 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 2014 | Hail | Hannover | $60,000 | Windows were broken out of the west side of a home. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannover | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Hannover | $35,000 | Over 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannover | $20,000 | Multiple trees were broken down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannover | $10,000 | The strong winds snapped two twenty foot tall trees. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannover | $8,000 | Small trees were blown over. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Hannover | $5,000 | Tree were stripped of leaves and extensive crop damage occurred. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannover | $2,000 | An unattached porch was tipped over. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannover | $1,000 | Two-inch diameter tree branches were broken. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannover | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged the screen door to a house. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannover | - | Winds gusts estimated by the public. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannover | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph were estimated by a trained spotter. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Hannover | - | Law enforcement reported nickel size hail along with estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Hannover | - | 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 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Hannover | - | damage unknown. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| October 2015 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Hannover | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannover | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center | 6.7 miles | 6 | |
| Otter Creek | 8.1 miles | 5 | |
| Fort Clark | 12.8 miles | 6 | |
| Hensler | 20.8 miles | 9 | |
| Sanger | 23.3 miles | 8 | |
| Price | 25.8 miles | 9 |
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 Hannover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5649220 | 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 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.


