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Larimore, North Dakota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Larimore City. It lies in ZIP code area 58251. The Survey maps it on the Larimore West quadrangle. 1,260 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,119 feet above sea level.

Larimore within Grand Forks County

On record in Larimore

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Larimore fell from 1,346 to 1,260 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,346
20201,260-86 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

16 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Larimore between 2012 and 2019, burning about 42 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
26 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service45
16 September 2015Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service39
12 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service2018-56
8 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service2017-35
7 July 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service2017-34
20 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service36
20 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service33
30 May 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service2019-31

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grand Forks County

Storms near this place

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Larimore in 56 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 29 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 2000Flash FloodLarimore2 killed, $4,000,000After receiving 15 to 20 inches of rain over portions of western Grand Forks county, the area around Larimore quickly experienced flooding problems. During the rainfall, two men from the area decided to drive to Larimore to get something to eat. They drove into a washed out section of gravel road 30 feet deep with rushing water at the bottom. Both died in the crash about 7 miles west of Larimore. 600 feet of railroad bed washed away near Larimore, when two 3 foot diameter culverts washed out. 10 Burlington Northern-Santa Fe trains pass through this stretch daily as well as AMTRAK trains. At the Larimore Dam, water rose behind the dam and then overflowed the top. The water then cascaded 40 to 50 feet down the rocky cliffs below the dam, making it appear that the dam had failed. In the town of Larimore, water rose above the curbs. North of town, on the south branch of the Turtle River, water flowed 7 feet deep over the highway 18 bridge.
July 2014Flash FloodLarimore$50,000Several sections of rural township roads were partially washed out in Larimore, Niagara, and Elm Grove townships in west central Grand Forks County.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindLarimore$10,000Many trees were blown down at the Turtle River State Park, knocking out power to the west side of the park.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindLarimore$5,000Several trees were blown down in Larimore.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindLarimore$2,000Powerlines were knocked down by the wind.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindLarimore$500Tree branches were blown down.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindLarimore-Tree damage reported across town in Larimore.
August 2025Tornado (EF1)Larimore-A brief rain wrapped tornado developed within the squall line and produced EF-0 damage to trees near a farmstead and EF-1 tree damage to the eastern side of a shelterbelt about 2 miles south of Larimore. Peak estimated wind speed was 95 mph.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindLarimore-Thunderstorm wind gust measured from private weather station.
June 2022Tornado (EF0)Larimore-Storm spotters reported a tornado occurring south of highway 2 and west of hwy 18. Tornado appeared to track eastward to near hwy 18, north of larimore by 540 pm cdt. Some tree branch damage was noted but nothing damaged structurally. Peak winds estimated to 80 mph, with a maximum width to 100 yards.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindLarimore-A tree was split, and several large tree branches and limbs were snapped. Report and photo were posted via social media.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLarimore-The wind gust moved a truck.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLarimore-Trees and power lines were blown down and roofing was torn off a downtown building.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindLarimore-Tree branches were torn down and a roof was damaged.
July 2017Funnel CloudLarimore-A wall cloud was reported around 558 PM CDT about six miles west of Larimore. The subsequent funnel cloud was reported and a photo posted to social media.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindLarimore-Numerous large tree branches were blown down in shelterbelts across northeast Elm Grove Township.
July 2014HailLarimore-Dime to quarter sized hail fell.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindLarimore-Numerous large tree branches and limbs and several tree trunks were snapped off due to prolonged periods of damaging winds.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindLarimore-The strong wind blew over several trees.
July 2011HailLarimore-The hail ranged in size from quarter to golfball sized.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLarimore-Tree damage was reported from the gusty winds.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLarimore-Large trees were blown down by winds gusts estimated around 100 mph.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLarimore-Numerous trees were blown down in several miles of shelterbelts across central and southern Arvilla Township. Some power lines were also knocked over.
June 2005Heavy RainLarimore-Heavy rainfall contributed to a major fiber optic line cut between Lakota and Larimore. Telephone service to most of northeast North Dakota was knocked out.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindLarimore-Several large elm trees were blown over.
June 2000HailLarimore-Golf ball sized hail accumulated up to one foot deep.
June 2000Tornado (F0)Larimore-A tornado touched down in an open field.
June 2018HailLarimore-no account filed
July 2017HailLarimore-no account filed
July 2017HailLarimore-no account filed
May 2016HailLarimore-no account filed
May 2016HailLarimore-no account filed
May 2016HailLarimore-no account filed
July 2016HailLarimore-no account filed
July 2011HailLarimore-no account filed
June 2011HailLarimore-no account filed
August 2007HailLarimore-no account filed
June 2006HailLarimore-no account filed
May 2005HailLarimore-no account filed
May 2004HailLarimore-no account filed
May 2004HailLarimore-no account filed
June 2004HailLarimore-no account filed
June 2003HailLarimore-no account filed
August 2001HailLarimore-no account filed
June 2000HailLarimore-no account filed
June 2000HailLarimore-no account filed
June 2000HailLarimore-no account filed
June 2000HailLarimore-no account filed
June 2000HailLarimore-no account filed
June 2000HailLarimore-no account filed
June 2000HailLarimore-no account filed
July 2000HailLarimore-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindLarimore-no account filed
August 1999HailLarimore-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindLarimore-no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindLarimore-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grand Forks 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
Hannah Junction2.5 miles11
Kempton6.1 miles11
Arvilla7.0 miles15
Shawnee7.4 miles10
McCanna8.1 miles8
Honeyford12.0 miles9
Northwood12.3 miles8
Logan Center12.4 miles10

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 LarimoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1954198The 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 1029836. 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.