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Tolna, North Dakota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dayton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58380. It lies in Tolna Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Tolna quadrangle. 136 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,467 feet above sea level.

Tolna within Nelson County

Population over time

2 figures

Tolna fell from 166 to 136 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.

YearPeople Change
2010166
2020136-30 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Tolna between 2010 and 2012, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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
Arson/incendiarism2

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
9 February 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFort Totten Agency004
6 November 2010Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresFort Totten Agency149

Every fire recorded in Nelson County

Storms near this place

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tolna in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 20 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 10 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1994Thunderstorm WindTolna$30,000Strong winds blew two mobile homes into each other and also damaged 100 to 150 trees.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindTolna$500Branches were downed southwest of Tolna.
June 2022Tornado (EF0)Tolna-A persistent wall cloud with brief funnel and tornado was noted and filmed by chasers located in Tolna. The tornado likely lasted for a minute or less as it tracked eastward, well behind the initial storm outflow, for a half mile or less. Peak winds estimated to 75 mph, with a maximum width to 100 yards.
June 2022Tornado (EF0)Tolna-Persistent wall cloud, with brief funnel and large and dusty ground swirl reported over an open field. Tornado lasted less than a minute and was viewed from near Pekin. Peak winds estimated to 75 mph. Maximum width to 100 yards.
June 2020HailTolna-Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail fell with very heavy rain.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindTolna-A number of large branches were blown down near Stump Lake.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindTolna-Quite a bit of tree damage was reported around the Stump Lake Park and campground.
June 2017HailTolna-Dime to quarter sized hail covered the ground.
September 2017Tornado (EF0)Tolna-A brief tornado touchdown with water swirl was noted over the north end of Stump Lake. As the tornado lifted, the funnel continued to track to the east. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph.
September 2017Tornado (EF0)Tolna-This tornado touched down just east of Stump Lake and tracked to the east. Photos showed a persistent rope tornado with intermittent dust swirls. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindTolna-The wind gust was estimated by Tolna resident.
July 2016Funnel CloudTolna-A small funnel cloud was seen moving up and down from the cloud base. The funnel was observed from Devils Lake.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindTolna-Numerous three to five inch diameter tree branches were blown down in and around Stump Lake Park.
July 2015Tornado (EF1)Tolna-The tornado uprooted several trees, bent a tower, and blew a quonset storage building off its foundation. Most of the damage occurred in the vicinity of Lee Avenue on the south side of Tolna, including the city park area. A power outage also occurred as the tornado hit. Peak winds were estimated at 110 mph.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindTolna-Several buildings were damaged in Tolna along with numerous trees.
July 2014Tornado (EF0)Tolna-A brief touchdown was observed over open country near the Sheyenne River. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindTolna-Numerous trees were uprooted at Stump Lake Park. One tree limb fell through the roof of the kitchen/cafe at Stump Lake Park. Other trees fell on recreational vehicles in the park.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindTolna-Several large tree limbs were broken off trees in Tolna and in shelterbelts north of town. Shingles were ripped off a barn and tin was blown off a farm shed.
August 2007Tornado (EF1)Tolna-This tornado tracked intermittently for nearly 4 miles, before ending near Stump Lake Park. A North Dakota Atmospheric Resource Board observer reported seeing a waterspout on southwest Stump Lake. Numerous trees were blown down or uprooted along the path and in Stump Lake Park. At a farm site, one old barn was shifted off its foundation and peeled open. A small shed was destroyed at another farm. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindTolna-Tree branches were blown down.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Tolna-The tornado destroyed a grove of trees.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Tolna-A brief touchdown was reported.
September 2000Flash FloodTolna-Heavy rain washed out some rural roads.
July 2020HailTolna-no account filed
July 2020HailTolna-no account filed
May 2007HailTolna-no account filed
August 2007HailTolna-no account filed
June 2006HailTolna-no account filed
May 2005HailTolna-no account filed
June 2004HailTolna-no account filed
June 2004HailTolna-no account filed
July 2004HailTolna-no account filed
September 2004HailTolna-no account filed
July 2003HailTolna-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindTolna-no account filed
June 2002HailTolna-no account filed
August 2002HailTolna-no account filed
June 2001HailTolna-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindTolna-no account filed
July 1998HailTolna-no account filed
July 1997Tornado (F1)Tolna-no account filed
June 1997HailTolna-no account filed
September 1997HailTolna-no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindTolna-no account filed
August 1994HailTolna-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nelson 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
Pekin6.4 miles11
Wamduska (historical)7.4 miles11
Harrisburg (historical)8.5 miles11
McVille14.6 miles10
Lakota15.9 miles8
Mapes18.0 miles8
Kloten20.8 miles8
Michigan21.9 miles7

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 TolnaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2443508The 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 1032497. 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.