BlockJohnstown, North Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Johnstown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58235. The Survey maps it on the Forest River quadrangle.
On record in Johnstown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Midway Bridgelisted 1997
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1926 USGS Ardoch quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Forest River quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Grafton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Johnstown between 2018 and 2019, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 201910 |
| 3 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BURN BANNED 1 |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnstown in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Johnstown | $1,000,000 | A bean warehouse took on water from the 15 to 20 inches of rain that fell across portions of western Grand Forks county. The beans expanded and then blew out a wall. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Johnstown | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnstown | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Hail | Johnstown | - | Received a report of quarter sized hail via trained weather spotters. |
| July 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Johnstown | - | A brief funnel cloud was observed by Grand Forks airport personnel at a point approximately 12-14 miles to their north northwest. The funnel dissipated about the time of their initial report. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnstown | - | Numerous poplar and ash tree branches were blown down in shelterbelts across southern Levant Township. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnstown | - | Large trees were blown down in shelterbelts along county road 2. |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Johnstown | - | The funnel cloud was viewed from about 1 mile west of Johnston, looking north. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Johnstown | - | A sheriff's deputy reported a brief tornado touchdown 2.5 miles south and 1.75 east of Johnstown. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Johnstown | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Johnstown | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1029689. 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.