Strasburg, North Dakota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Strasburg City. It lies in ZIP code area 58573. The Survey maps it on the Strasburg quadrangle. 379 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,811 feet above sea level.
On record in Strasburg
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church Complexlisted 1986
Ludwig and Christina Welk Homesteadlisted 1993
Population over time
2 figuresStrasburg fell from 409 to 379 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 | 409 | |
| 2020 | 379 | -30 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1954 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Strasburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Linton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Strasburg between 2013 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RODNEY ZAHN |
| 2 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 502 |
| 2 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 0502 |
| 3 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 103 |
Storms near this place
42 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strasburg in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 25 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strasburg | $200,000 | A storage building was destroyed and two others were severely damaged. A well built hardware store awning was damaged by a falling tree. Several trees were uprooted, and tree limbs around 13 inches in diameter were snapped. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strasburg | $200,000 | Downburst winds of 87 kts (100 mph) caused widespread damage to numerous weak or high profile buildings in parts of southeast Emmons county. Even though there was heavy property damage, there were no fatalities or injuries. No one reported a tornado although there were unconfirmed reports of funnel clouds. Two trailer houses near Strasburg were destroyed as well as grain bins, pole barns, and farm machinery. The county emergency manager reported no damage in the city of Strasburg, just heavy rain and gusty winds. Monetary damage estimates are likely underestimated. |
| July 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Strasburg | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strasburg | $20,000 | Twenty inch in diameter trees were reported blown down from severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strasburg | $15,000 | Several large tree branches broke in the city of Strasburg. A pay-loader had to be used to remove some branches. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strasburg | $10,000 | Tree branches of three inches in diameter were down in Strasburg. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strasburg | - | Wind gusts to 60 mph were estimated by a trained spotter. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strasburg | - | A sheriff deputy estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of at least 60 mph. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strasburg | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts of 70 mph were estimated by a trained spotter. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Strasburg | - | Wind gust up to 50 mph accompanied the storm and hail. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Strasburg | - | Reported by a NWS cooperative observer. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Strasburg | - | Tornado briefly touched down in open country near Highway 1804. Nothing damaged. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Strasburg | - | Nickel to quarter size hail fell in an area from Westfield to Strasburg. The hail wiped out the sunflower crop. Two foot drifts of hail was reported when the storm ended. The hail also knocked out some windows. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Strasburg | - | Heavy rain accompanied the hail. Reported by a NWS cooperative observer. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Strasburg | - | Weak funnel briefly touched down in rural farm field. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strasburg | - | Large tree branches down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strasburg | - | Tree limbs of 3 to 4 inch diameter down. |
| August 1998 | Hail | Strasburg | - | lasted 20 minuates |
| October 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Strasburg | - | The path and length were estimated. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Strasburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Strasburg | - | 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 Strasburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2020672 | 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 1032357. 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.



