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.
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
St. Stanislaus Church Historic Districtlisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Grafton 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
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Minto quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grafton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1993Regional 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 burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | I 29 MM 172 |
| 5 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 201913 |
| 6 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 31 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 201908 |
| 29 May 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 201907 |
| 23 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.7 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | FOREST RIVER |
| 21 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 201905 |
| 2 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | AUBURN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2004Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Warsaw | $7,000 | The 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warsaw | - | An empty steel grain bin was blown off of its foundation. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Warsaw | - | Quarter to half dollar sized hail fell along Interstate 29, near mile point 171. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warsaw | - | Numerous poplar trees were snapped in shelterbelts and farm yards across eastern Walshville and Pulaski townships. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warsaw | - | The wind gust was measured by a home weather station. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warsaw | - | Strong winds hit the area east of Minto. |
| June 2012 | Tornado (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 2009 | Hail | Warsaw | - | Hail and winds to 70 mph produced widespread crop and tree damage. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warsaw | - | Many trees were blown down in shelterbelts west of the Interstate 29 exit. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Warsaw | - | 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 Warsaw | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474512 | 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 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.






