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Walcott, North Dakota

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Walcott City. It lies in ZIP code area 58077. The Survey maps it on the Walcott quadrangle. 262 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 955 feet above sea level.

Walcott within Richland County

Population over time

2 figures

Walcott grew from 235 to 262 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
2010235
2020262+27 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 23 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 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Walcott in 2019, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 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 burning1
Natural1

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
8 June 2019Natural3.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service5530 CO RD 26
15 May 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceRRVWRR

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Storms near this place

60 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walcott in 67 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 29 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, 6 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
May 2011Tornado (EF2)Walcott$500,000This tornado tracked north northeastward for roughly two miles before crossing into Cass County. The tornado was likely enshrouded in downburst winds and heavy rain. The tornado and accompanying winds knocked down numerous wooden power poles along its path and four steel t-bar high voltage towers. Peak winds were estimated at 120 mph.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWalcott$250,000There were reports of damage to many cars and buildings in Walcott. The firehall and city administration building lost sections of roofing and falling tree limbs crushed vehicles and roofs of several homes.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWalcott$20,000Several large cottonwood tree limbs were knocked down in a shelter belt along the Cass County line.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWalcott$20,000Several large four to six inch branches were knocked down by the wind.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWalcott$20,000Half of the metal roof on the fire station was blown off and deposited a block away. Many trees were uprooted by the strong wind.
June 2009Flash FloodWalcott$10,000Fields and farm access roads were flooded near Abercrombie. Portions of southern Eagle and northeastern Abercrombie townships received from 4 to 7 inches of rain from the late afternoon of the 16th through the overnight hours of the 17th.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWalcott$10,000A barn roof was blown off and trees were downed in the strong wind.
March 2009FloodWalcott$5,000no account filed
April 2009FloodWalcott$5,000no account filed
June 2009FloodWalcott$5,000no account filed
May 2011Flash FloodWalcott$500Heavy rains of 2 to 4 inches fell across portions of Walcott township. Street flooding occurred in the community of Walcott, while several sections of farmland and portions of local roads were inundated.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWalcott$500Large branches were blown down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWalcott$500Four inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
May 2024Tornado (EFU)Walcott-Broadcast Media relays video of tornado on the ground in open field.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWalcott-Large trees snapped a couple of feet above the ground.
July 2022HailWalcott-Dime to quarter sized hail was reported across central Sheyenne Township in the Sheyenne National Grasslands. Report posted via social media.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWalcott-Trees were snapped along with several large branches. Time was estimated using radar data. Report relayed via social media.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWalcott-A metal high-tension power tower was twisted by the winds, estimated to be 70 to 80 mph for several minutes.
July 2021HailWalcott-Public report of golf ball sized hail. Minimal crop damage.
July 2019Funnel CloudWalcott-A funnel cloud formed and crossed southwest Barrie Township.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWalcott-Large branches were blown down at a farmstead. The wind was accompanied by heavy rain and a few dime sized hailstones.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWalcott-Several large spruce and cottonwood trees were blown down in shelterbelts along the Cass and Richland county line.
July 2019Tornado (EF1)Walcott-This tornado was the first (1A) which formed in a cyclic series. The tornado broke down numerous tree branches in treed areas along its path, and snapped ash and cottonwood trees as it crossed 57th Street Southeast, roughly four miles south of Kindred. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph.
June 2018HailWalcott-Very heavy rain and a few large hailstones fell.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWalcott-Numerous large tree branches were blown down around town.
June 2015Funnel CloudWalcott-A persistent wall cloud with funnel was observed.
August 2013Tornado (EF0)Walcott-A brief tornado touchdown occurred near a farmstead and broke numerous large tree branches and limbs which then damaged an occupied tractor cab and nearby farm outbuildings. This tornado appeared to become quickly engulfed in driving rain and hail. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph.
August 2013HailWalcott-Hail from nickel to half dollar size occurred across the northwest corner of Colfax West Township.
August 2013HailWalcott-Hail up to tennis ball size fell in and around Walcott.
August 2013HailWalcott-Large hail cracked the windshield on a vehicle.
August 2013HailWalcott-A large wind driven hail swath developed across southern Colfax-West Township and northern Nansen Township. In several sections of farmland crops were shattered down to stems and stumps.
July 2012HailWalcott-The time of the event was estimated from radar.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindWalcott-The wind gust was measured at the Ekre NDAWN site.
August 2006Tornado (F1)Walcott-This weak tornado originated 3 miles east of Leonard in Cass County at 1833 CST. The total path length from Cass into Richland County was 3 miles. The tornado knocked down or uprooted several trees in shelterbelts along the track. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph.
August 2006Tornado (F0)Walcott-This weak tornado originated 9 miles east of Sheldon in Ransom County at 1810 CST. The total path length was about 3 miles. The tornado tore down numerous tree branches in shelterbelts along the way. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 65 mph.
May 2005Tornado (F0)Walcott-A persistent wall cloud and pendant funnel produced a brief tornado touchdown near the Cass-Richland county line. The tornado crossed an open field into Richland county about 3 miles west-southwest of Kindred and lifted by 607 pm CDT. The tornado originated in Cass county.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Walcott-A tornado and rising dust plume were seen, but no damage was reported. The tornado continued into Cass county.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Walcott-The tornado briefly touched down in an open field.
September 2000Flash FloodWalcott-A partial washout of a service road was reported.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindWalcott-Wind speed was estimated.
May 2021HailWalcott-no account filed
August 2013HailWalcott-no account filed
April 2011FloodWalcott-no account filed
April 2010FloodWalcott-no account filed
March 2010FloodWalcott-no account filed
July 2008HailWalcott-no account filed
August 2006HailWalcott-no account filed
August 2006HailWalcott-no account filed
August 2006HailWalcott-no account filed
August 2005HailWalcott-no account filed
August 2005HailWalcott-no account filed
September 2005HailWalcott-no account filed
August 2004HailWalcott-no account filed
July 2002HailWalcott-no account filed
June 2001HailWalcott-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWalcott-no account filed
July 2001HailWalcott-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWalcott-no account filed
July 2001HailWalcott-no account filed
August 2001HailWalcott-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Richland 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
Colfax6.4 miles9
Christine7.4 miles23
Lithia8.0 miles23
Pitcairn9.7 miles9
Barrie9.9 miles11
Enloe10.1 miles9
Abercrombie13.0 miles9
Galchutt13.0 miles9

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 WalcottAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2443002The 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 1032663. 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.