Lansford, North Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1958. It stands in Lansford City. It lies in ZIP code area 58750. The Survey maps it on the Lansford NW quadrangle. 238 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,614 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLansford fell from 245 to 238 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 245 | |
| 2020 | 238 | -7 (-3%) |
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.
- 1948 USGS Lansford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Lansford NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Lansford quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000
Storms near this place
33 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lansford in 33 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 18 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansford | $5,000,000 | Widespread damage occurred in the city of Lansford. A mobile home sustained substantial damage as the roof and part of the wall structure were removed. Permanent homes had roof damage and broken windows. The grain elevator sustained an estimated three to four million dollars in damages as the primary structure along with multiple grain bins, some containing grain, were damaged or destroyed. Tree damage was widespread and extensive, as many very large trees were uprooted or snapped. Winds throughout northwest into north central North Dakota were as high as 70 mph, with winds estimated as high as 100 mph around Lansford. The event at Lansford may have been a microburst, leading to the higher winds and more extensive damage. No injuries or deaths were reported. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansford | $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Flood | Lansford | $296,000 | Flooding occurred over western Bottineau County. Damage occurred to roads and culverts with many wash outs along township roads. There was crop damage as well. Rain amounts ranged from 2.50 inches in Bottineau County to as much as 7.00 inches in Renville County. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansford | $80,000 | One quonset was torn from its foundation and thrown into a second quonset. Tree branches were broken and some trees uprooted. A grain bin was blown into a diesel fuel storage tank, breaking the valve and resulting in 2000 gallons of spilled fuel. Emergency Manager indicated that the damage was consistent with high wind and not a tornado. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansford | $30,000 | thunderstorm winds tore roof off of dairy barn. The winds also moved a trailer house 3 feet off of its foundation. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Lansford | $20,000 | Street flooding. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansford | $10,000 | A quonset farm building was damaged. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Lansford | $10,000 | There was damage to siding on a few houses. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansford | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansford | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansford | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 70 mph. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansford | - | No reports of damage were received with these severe winds. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lansford | - | Reported by a NWS cooperative observer in Lansford. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Lansford | - | Reported by a NWS cooperative observer. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Lansford | - | Reported by an cooperative observer. |
| August 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Lansford | - | Tornado crossed into Bottineau county from Renville county. Tornado remained in open county throughout the 6 mile path. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Lansford | - | brief tornado touchdown 14 ne of Lansford near Mohall |
| July 2022 | Hail | Lansford | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Lansford | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Lansford | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Lansford | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Lansford | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Lansford | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Lansford | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansford | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Lansford | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Lansford | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Lansford | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Lansford | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lansford | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Lansford | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansford | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Lansford | - | 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.
| Wikipedia article on Lansford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q377729 | 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 1029833. 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.
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.




