Luverne, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Luverne City. It lies in ZIP code area 58056. The Survey maps it on the Luverne quadrangle. 28 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,417 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLuverne fell from 31 to 28 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 | 31 | |
| 2020 | 28 | -3 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Luverne quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Luverne in 2017, burning about 8 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2017 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Valley City Wetland Management District | GOOSE LAKE/FUGELSTAD WPA |
Storms near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Luverne in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Luverne | $250,000 | Streets, low spots, rivers, and basements were flooded by 4 to 9 inches of rain over a short duration of time. Cars that got stuck in the flood waters were abandoned where they stalled. Farm fields and access roads were also flooded. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Luverne | $20,000 | Several sections of cropland received damage in northern Riverside township. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Luverne | - | Received a public report of hail up to the size of half dollars. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luverne | - | Trained spotter reported a 111 mph wind gust 1 mile east of Luverne. Measurement verified via personal weather station. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Luverne | - | One inch hail reported 2 miles north of Luverne, ND. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luverne | - | Uprooted trees. Large 8-inch tree branches on the road. Seven large trees down. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luverne | - | Wind gust of 83 mph was measured at a personal weather station. |
| August 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Luverne | - | A persistent wall cloud was reported, along with a brief funnel. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luverne | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luverne | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luverne | - | A few 8 to 10 inch diameter ash trees were snapped at varying levels, from ground level to about 8 feet up. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luverne | - | Several large trees were blown down. |
| August 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Luverne | - | The funnel was observed just south of Luverne. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luverne | - | Widespread downburst wind damage was noted across southwest Steele County and into adjacent portions of southeast Griggs County and northeast Barnes County. Significant crop and tree damage occurred across the southern half of Willow Lake Township which indicated peak wind speeds of from 90 to 100 mph. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luverne | - | Five trees in one yard were blown over, one tree hit the house and two cars. Power was also knocked out and other trees were damaged. |
| June 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Luverne | - | Several trees were blown over. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Luverne | - | A 3 mile wide swath of hail fell from north of Luverne to the small town. 6,000 acres were affected, with hail up to 6 inches deep in spots. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luverne | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Luverne | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Luverne | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Luverne | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Luverne | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Luverne | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Luverne | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Luverne | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Luverne | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Luverne | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Luverne | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Luverne | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | 12.3 miles | 8 | |
| Blabon | 12.9 miles | 8 | |
| Pickert | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Colgate | 14.8 miles | 8 | |
| Sherbrooke | 18.4 miles | 8 | |
| Finley | 18.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sharon | 24.0 miles | 8 | |
| Interlaken (historical) | 27.7 miles | 8 |
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 Luverne | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1900935 | 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 1030048. 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.




