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Shawnee, North Dakota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elm Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58251. The Survey maps it on the Niagara quadrangle.

Shawnee within Grand Forks County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

9 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Shawnee between 2015 and 2019, burning about 28 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
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
26 May 2017Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service2017-26
26 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service2017-27
16 May 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service2019-25

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grand Forks County

Storms near this place

9 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shawnee in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2025Tornado (EF1)Shawnee-This tornado likely intermittent and rain wrapped destroyed 2 grain bins and produced shelterbelt tree damage along its nearly 3 mile long path near the community of McCanna approximately 8 miles northwest of Larimore. Peak wind speeds are estimated at105 mph.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindShawnee-Wind damage report via Facebook of trees down in Larimore.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindShawnee-Tree down on road in Grand Forks county.
May 2022Funnel CloudShawnee-A storm chaser reported a funnel cloud via social media 5 to 6 miles WNW of Larimore, ND.
June 2022HailShawnee-Public report of quarter to golf ball sized hail along Highway 2.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindShawnee-Four 9 inch diameter pine trees were snapped at their bases.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindShawnee-The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Shawnee-A pilot reported a touchdown.
July 2017HailShawnee-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
McCanna4.1 miles8
Hannah Junction4.9 miles11
Niagara6.9 miles10
Larimore7.4 miles11
Orr10.3 miles8
Logan Center11.1 miles10
Kempton11.9 miles11
Arvilla13.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1033913. 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.