BlockLa Mars, North Dakota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in LaMars Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58030. The Survey maps it on the La Mars quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1915 USGS White Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS White Rock quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS La Mars quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of La Mars between 2016 and 2017, burning about 2 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2016027 |
| 14 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2017307 |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of La Mars: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braun Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Mars in 14 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Mars | $500,000 | Several grain bins were dented in and numerous large tree limbs were broken down at a farmstead. Numerous tree branches were broken down in shelterbelts throughout Devillo and Lemars townships. Some corn fields were flattened. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Mars | $200,000 | Vehicle windows were broken by wind driven gravel. Several trees were also blown down in the area. |
| August 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | La Mars | - | This slow moving tornado started in a marshy low lying field and tracked east then northeast encountering a grove of trees. Here the tornado snapped off many tree trunks and continued to the northeast with scouring occurring in the corn field. It encountered another grove of trees snapping more large branches and tree trunks before lifting near 101st Street SE. Drone footage shared by emergency management was used for the survey. Max wind speed is estimated at 100 mph. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Mars | - | Delayed report of thunderstorm wind damage to roof of large building near Dakota Magic Casino. Time estimated on radar. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Mars | - | Wind gust measured at NDDOT site along the SD/ND border. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Mars | - | Peak winds were measured at an SD DOT RWIS station near the North Dakota border. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | La Mars | - | This tornado began at approximately 0710 pm about 2 miles west-southwest of LeMars ND and tracked to the north until 0713 pm when it lifted 3 miles north-northwest of LeMars. Several large Ash and Box Elder tree limbs were broken in shelterbelts. At least 2 wooden power poles were cracked and 2 others were leaning as a result of this storm. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph, equating to an EF1 rating, with a path length of 3 miles. |
| August 2018 | Hail | La Mars | - | The hail fell near mile point 3, just east of Interstate 29. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Mars | - | The wind gust was measured at the RWIS mesonet station along Interstate 29 near the South Dakota border. |
| July 2014 | Hail | La Mars | - | Quarter sized hail fell along the North Dakota/South Dakota border. |
| September 2008 | Hail | La Mars | - | The hail occurred one mile east of the LaMars elevator. |
| August 2018 | Hail | La Mars | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | La Mars | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | La Mars | - | 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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122590264 | 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 1029789. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.