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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.

Walhalla within Pembina County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Walhalla 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.

YearPeople Change
2010996
2020893-103 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

17 since 2008

Regional 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 August 2019Misuse of fire by a minor4.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceBOB DEARINGER JUNKYARD FIRE
20 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceDITCH ON 108TH ST NE
7 July 2019Fireworks2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceBIG A FIREWORKS II
5 July 2019Fireworks4.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceBIG A FIREWORK FIRE
24 July 2019Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceBNSF RAILROAD FIRE
29 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGOLF COURSE GRASS FIRE
1 June 2017Debris and open burning6.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceCRP FIRE NORTHEAST OF TOWN
9 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined320 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServicePEMBINA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pembina County

Storms near this place

35 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWalhalla1 hurt, $2,000,000Widespread 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 2023FloodWalhalla$174,000Walhalla 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 1996Thunderstorm WindWalhalla$10,000no account filed
July 2024HailWalhalla-Size estimated from picture.
June 2024Funnel CloudWalhalla-Pembina County Dispatch relayed a report of a funnel cloud 4 miles east of Walhalla.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWalhalla-Received a public report of large, 3 to 5 inch tree branches broken around town.
September 2019HailWalhalla-This was a second round of large hail.
July 2016HailWalhalla-The hail fell at the highway 32 diner in Walhalla.
June 2015HailWalhalla-Quarter to half dollar sized hail fell.
July 2007HailWalhalla-One inch of rain fell in 20 minutes.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWalhalla-A 77 mph wind gust was measured by an NDAWN wind sensor.
June 2005Tornado (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 2005Thunderstorm WindWalhalla-A dealership sign was blown down and a pole barn sustained roof and door damage.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWalhalla-Numerous trees were blown down, some falling on homes and cars. Several fences were also blown down.
August 2002HailWalhalla-The ground was white with hail.
August 2002Flash FloodWalhalla-Water was flowing over county roads and cropland was flooded.
June 1999HailWalhalla-The hail fell for 30 minutes.
August 2021HailWalhalla-no account filed
August 2018HailWalhalla-no account filed
July 2014HailWalhalla-no account filed
July 2010HailWalhalla-no account filed
August 2006HailWalhalla-no account filed
August 2006HailWalhalla-no account filed
May 2004HailWalhalla-no account filed
August 2002HailWalhalla-no account filed
August 2002HailWalhalla-no account filed
August 2002HailWalhalla-no account filed
June 1999Tornado (F0)Walhalla-no account filed
June 1999HailWalhalla-no account filed
May 1998HailWalhalla-no account filed
August 1998HailWalhalla-no account filed
August 1998HailWalhalla-no account filed
August 1998HailWalhalla-no account filed
October 1997HailWalhalla-no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindWalhalla-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pembina 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
Leyden6.5 miles11
Leroy8.8 miles11
Svold10.2 miles10
Hallson12.2 miles10
Concrete12.3 miles8
Backoo12.5 miles10
Akra14.4 miles10
Mountain16.5 miles8

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 WalhallaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2075622The 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.