Parshall, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Parshall City. It lies in ZIP code area 58770. The Survey maps it on the Parshall quadrangle. 949 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,932 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresParshall grew from 903 to 949 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 | 903 | |
| 2020 | 949 | +46 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Watford City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Watford City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Watford City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Parshall quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Parshall quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
78 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Parshall between 1998 and 2019, burning about 1,212 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 1 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 | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | ESTVOLD |
| 5 September 2012 | Natural | 28 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | CLINT |
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | PARSHALL PIT |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 298 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | KOKOV |
| 3 September 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | STAR FOX |
| 3 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | LOEN |
| 22 September 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | JOHNSON |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | MAURER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
33 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parshall in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parshall | $80,000 | Large hail accompanied the strong thunderstorm winds. The wind driven hail resulted in broken windows to area homes and some crop damage. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Parshall | $65,000 | The large hail resulted in broken windows to mobile homes. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parshall | $35,000 | The peak wind speed was estimated from numerous reports of tree damage in the Parshall area. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parshall | $20,000 | A camper was blown over. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Parshall | $14,000 | The large hail was accompanied with strong thunderstorm winds. The wind driven hail resulted in damage to vehicles and to a screen door window. |
| June 2012 | Flash Flood | Parshall | $10,000 | Very heavy rainfall of up to six inches fell in and around the Parshall area. Water was reported to be flowing over Highway 37 south of Parshall. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parshall | $8,000 | The strong winds lasted a few minutes. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parshall | $5,000 | Large branches broken on trees. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Parshall | - | Hail combined with winds gusting to over 70 mph to produce extensive crop damage to lentils, wheat, canola, and corn. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parshall | - | An estimated severe thunderstorm wind gust was reported. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parshall | - | An estimated severe thunderstorm wind gust was reported. |
| June 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Parshall | - | A funnel cloud briefly formed near Parshall. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Parshall | - | No reports of damage were received from the large hail. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parshall | - | Estimated winds of 60 mph were reported. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parshall | - | High winds tore off deck from a trailer. Siding and skirting off several homes. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parshall | - | Roof ripped off of Parshall Post Office as well as numerous tree branches down in Parshall. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parshall | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parshall | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Parshall | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Parshall | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parshall | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Parshall | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Parshall | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Parshall | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Parshall | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parshall | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Parshall | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Parshall | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Parshall | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Parshall | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Parshall | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parshall | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parshall | - | 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 Parshall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2310217 | 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 1030639. 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.




