Raub, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Loquemont Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58779. The Survey maps it on the Raub quadrangle.
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 Raub quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Watford City quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Parshall quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Raub between 1998 and 2019, burning about 1,522 acres in total. 14 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 | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | 800 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | SHEPPERD |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | HANDCREW |
| 26 September 2012 | Natural | 31 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | WIND ROW |
| 10 September 2013 | Natural | 23 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | RUSTAD |
| 9 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | SNOWBIRD |
| 7 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 63 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | ASHLEY |
| 17 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | ROWE |
| 12 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fort Berthold Agency | GILBERTSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raub in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Flood | Raub | $350,000 | Heavy overland flooding occurred as the result of rapid runoff from snowmelt. Flooding damaged many county and township roads along with 35 homes. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Raub | $205,000 | Overland flooding damaged many county and township roads. Thirty five homes were flooded. Flooding continued into April. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raub | $35,000 | Winds collapsed a cabin being constructed at the Indian Hills Recreation Area. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raub | $5,000 | Some power lines were blown down in the Raub area. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Raub | - | The hail combined with strong thunderstorm winds to produce damage a corn field. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Raub | - | Hail combined with winds gusting to over 70 mph to produce extensive crop damage to lentils, wheat, canola, and corn. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raub | - | A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Raub | - | This tornado touchdown occurred in the open country. No damage was reported. It was slow moving. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raub | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts were accompanied by nickel size hail. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Raub | - | NWS storm survey completed for the tornado in Mclean County produced from the same supercell thunderstorm, revealed a path of crop destruction from near Raub to just south of Emmet. In some cases crop destruction looked to be 100 percent. The storm also produced a tornado and high thunderstorm wind of around 70 mph. |
| June 2002 | Lightning | Raub | - | Lightning struck a farm home burning it to the ground. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raub | - | Cooperative observer reported large branches down at a farmstead. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raub | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Raub | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Raub | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Raub | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Raub | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Raub | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Raub | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Raub | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Raub | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Raub | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roseglen | 11.0 miles | 6 | |
| White Shield | 12.0 miles | 6 | |
| Emmet | 21.8 miles | 6 | |
| Garrison | 33.9 miles | 8 | |
| Riverdale | 39.5 miles | 7 | |
| Max | 39.8 miles | 5 | |
| Coleharbor | 45.6 miles | 9 | |
| Riverdale Junction | 49.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1030846. 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.




