Walhalla, North Dakota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Walhalla City. It lies in ZIP code area 58282. It sits by Lookout Point. The Survey maps it on the Walhalla quadrangle. 893 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 988 feet above sea level.
On record in Walhalla
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
Gingras House and Trading Postlisted 1975
Walla Theaterlisted 2010
Population over time
2 figuresWalhalla fell from 996 to 893 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 | 996 | |
| 2020 | 893 | -103 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1918 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Cavalier quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Walhalla between 2008 and 2020, burning about 487 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BOB DEARINGER JUNKYARD FIRE |
| 20 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DITCH ON 108TH ST NE |
| 7 July 2019 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BIG A FIREWORKS II |
| 5 July 2019 | Fireworks | 4.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BIG A FIREWORK FIRE |
| 24 July 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BNSF RAILROAD FIRE |
| 29 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GOLF COURSE GRASS FIRE |
| 1 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CRP FIRE NORTHEAST OF TOWN |
| 9 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 320 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | PEMBINA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walhalla in 35 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 23 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walhalla | 1 hurt, $2,000,000 | Widespread tree damage was reported in Walhalla. One tree fell on a tent in Walhalla, injuring one man. The other person in the tent was able to go for help. Widespread power outages occurred throughout the county. The Walhalla school building roof was heavily damaged. Flooding occurred in the school basement, due to the numerous holes in the roof. Emergency routes were blocked by fallen trees. Trees fell on cars, homes, garages, fences, and power lines. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Walhalla | $174,000 | Walhalla gage, on the Pembina River. Crested at 13.16 ft on April 28th at 02:30.||NOTE: Damages dollar amount is for the entire county. Not separated by specific river basin or damage type. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walhalla | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Walhalla | - | Size estimated from picture. |
| June 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Walhalla | - | Pembina County Dispatch relayed a report of a funnel cloud 4 miles east of Walhalla. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walhalla | - | Received a public report of large, 3 to 5 inch tree branches broken around town. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Walhalla | - | This was a second round of large hail. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Walhalla | - | The hail fell at the highway 32 diner in Walhalla. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Walhalla | - | Quarter to half dollar sized hail fell. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Walhalla | - | One inch of rain fell in 20 minutes. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walhalla | - | A 77 mph wind gust was measured by an NDAWN wind sensor. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Walhalla | - | The tornado originated in Cavalier county 7 miles east of Vang. Numerous trees were damaged and several houses had shingles torn off in Walhalla. The peak winds were estimated to be about 90 mph. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walhalla | - | A dealership sign was blown down and a pole barn sustained roof and door damage. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walhalla | - | Numerous trees were blown down, some falling on homes and cars. Several fences were also blown down. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Walhalla | - | The ground was white with hail. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Walhalla | - | Water was flowing over county roads and cropland was flooded. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Walhalla | - | The hail fell for 30 minutes. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Hail | Walhalla | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walhalla | - | 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 Walhalla | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2075622 | 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 1032666. 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.







