Lostwood, North Dakota
4 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Lostwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58784. The Survey maps it on the Lostwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 4 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.
- 1953 USGS Williston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Williston quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lostwood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Lostwood between 1993 and 2019, burning about 361 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 46 acres | Lostwood Wetland Management District | CP4#ESCAPE |
| 21 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MCGINNITY HAY FIELD |
| 26 June 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 310 acres | Lostwood Wetland Management District | C.PRAIRIE |
| 15 December 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | SECURE ENERGY FLARE |
| 24 October 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | TIM JOHNSON FIRE |
| 11 October 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HESS WELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Lostwood: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sodium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sodium | Unknown |
Storms near this place
12 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lostwood in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 | Lostwood | $8,000 | A trained spotter reported that two power poles were down. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lostwood | - | A trained spotter reported that patio furniture and outdoor equipment were tossed by the thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lostwood | - | Strong winds were reported. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lostwood | - | Peak wind speed measured at the Lostwood Remote Automated Weather System site. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lostwood | - | A public report of severe thunderstorm winds was received with no reports of damage. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Lostwood | - | Very heavy rain with the hail reduced visibility to less than 1/8th of a mile. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lostwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Lostwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Lostwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Lostwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Lostwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Lostwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wassaic | 5.4 miles | 4 | |
| Lunds Valley | 6.7 miles | 5 | |
| Stanley | 11.1 miles | 5 | |
| Ross | 13.1 miles | 4 | |
| Palermo | 14.0 miles | 4 | |
| Manitou | 15.0 miles | 4 | |
| White Earth | 19.6 miles | 4 | |
| Blaisdell | 20.8 miles | 4 |
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 Q122558425 | 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 1030024. 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.


