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Warsaw, North Dakota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pulaski Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58261. The Survey maps it on the Minto quadrangle.

Warsaw within Walsh County

On record in Warsaw

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Warsaw between 1993 and 2020, burning about 130 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceI 29 MM 172
5 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service201913
6 May 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
31 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service201908
29 May 2019Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service201907
23 May 2006Arson/incendiarism6.7 acresDevil's Lake Wetland Management DistrictFOREST RIVER
21 May 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service201905
2 May 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceAUBURN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walsh County

Storms near this place

10 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warsaw in 10 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado. 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
June 2009Tornado (EF1)Warsaw$7,000The tornado snapped off numerous large tree limbs and blew down a 3000 bushel steel grain bin along its path. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWarsaw-An empty steel grain bin was blown off of its foundation.
June 2020HailWarsaw-Quarter to half dollar sized hail fell along Interstate 29, near mile point 171.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWarsaw-Numerous poplar trees were snapped in shelterbelts and farm yards across eastern Walshville and Pulaski townships.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWarsaw-The wind gust was measured by a home weather station.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWarsaw-Strong winds hit the area east of Minto.
June 2012Tornado (EF0)Warsaw-A persistent funnel was viewed from exit 168 on Interstate 29. Intermittent tornado touchdowns occurred along a three mile path, which resulted in tree limbs being snapped in several shelterbelts along the route. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph.
June 2009HailWarsaw-Hail and winds to 70 mph produced widespread crop and tree damage.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWarsaw-Many trees were blown down in shelterbelts west of the Interstate 29 exit.
June 2004HailWarsaw-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Walsh 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
Minto6.2 miles9
Poland7.1 miles10
Ardoch7.7 miles9
Herriott8.2 miles9
Oakwood9.3 miles9
Kellogg10.2 miles9
Voss10.6 miles9
Grafton11.5 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 WarsawAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474512The 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 1032686. 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.