Verona, North Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Verona City. It lies in ZIP code area 58490. The Survey maps it on the Verona quadrangle. 59 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,388 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresVerona fell from 85 to 59 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 | 85 | |
| 2020 | 59 | -26 (-31%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1895 USGS Lamoure quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS La Moure quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Verona quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS La Moure quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Verona between 1999 and 2020, burning about 667 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | FUGL'S |
| 26 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge | ANDERSON REINKE WPA WILDFIRE |
| 4 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2020-1104 |
| 20 November 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 500 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GAYLEN DICK |
| 20 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Tewaukon Wetland Management District | SMITH-TANNER WPA |
| 19 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 140 acres | Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge | TANNER WPA |
Storms near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Verona in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verona | $500,000 | Significant damage occurred to two farmsteads in close proximity to each other. Multiple pole barn sheds and grain bins were either severely damaged or destroyed. Shelterbelts were severely damaged, with multiple trees either broken or uprooted. Many pieces of farm equipment were also damaged. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Verona | $200,000 | Hailed 30 minutes, total crop loss near intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 27. Hail size and exact time of hail estimated. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verona | $8,000 | Shingles were damaged by the wind. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verona | $5,000 | A 40 foot tall evergreen was uprooted and fell onto a shed. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Verona | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Verona | - | The tornado touched down in an open field north of Verona and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown). |
| July 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Verona | - | The tornado touched down in an open field north of Verona and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF Unknown. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verona | - | Emergency management reported thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph. |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Verona | - | Barn struck by lightning and started it on fire. The fire completely destroyed the barn. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Verona | - | Tornado touched down in open country snapping four (4) foot diameter trees. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verona | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Verona | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Verona | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Verona | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Verona | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Verona | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Verona | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Verona | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Verona | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Verona | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independence | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Benson Corner | 10.8 miles | 11 | |
| LaMoure | 11.8 miles | 13 | |
| Grand Rapids | 16.8 miles | 12 | |
| Fairview Colony | 17.5 miles | 12 | |
| Marion | 21.7 miles | 10 | |
| Berlin | 22.2 miles | 12 | |
| Dickey | 24.1 miles | 10 |
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 Verona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2422503 | 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 1033683. 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.





