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Webster, North Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It lies in ZIP code area 58382. The Survey maps it on the Webster quadrangle. It stands 1,467 feet above sea level.

Webster within Ramsey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Webster between 2017 and 2019, burning about 12 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 burning3

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
3 September 2017Debris and open burning4.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceBEES
4 August 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceBAKER
5 May 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ramsey County

Storms near this place

20 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Webster in 20 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 13 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. 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
September 2025HailWebster-Hail fell for 4 to 5 minutes with the ground becoming completely covered. The largest stones were larger than a quarter.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWebster-Webster NDAWN gusts to 63 mph at 10 meters.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWebster-Peak wind gust was measured at an NDAWN station at the 3 meter level.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWebster-A six inch diameter apple tree was snapped.
June 2017HailWebster-Nickel to half dollar sized hail fell.
July 2016HailWebster-A lot of quarter to half dollar sized hail fell.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWebster-Numerous six inch diameter tree branches were blown down by the strong wind.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWebster-An almost completed seed building was blown over. The building was wood framed with about ten rafters left to put on before completion.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindWebster-Several large tree branches were blown down in a farm yard.
June 2016HailWebster-no account filed
August 2010HailWebster-no account filed
June 2007HailWebster-no account filed
August 2006HailWebster-no account filed
August 2002HailWebster-no account filed
May 2000HailWebster-no account filed
August 2000HailWebster-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWebster-no account filed
June 1999HailWebster-no account filed
July 1999HailWebster-no account filed
May 1998HailWebster-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ramsey 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
Sweetwater4.6 miles14
Garske5.2 miles8
Grand Harbor9.6 miles14
Darby10.1 miles14
Starkweather11.7 miles8
Devils Lake11.7 miles14
Penn12.0 miles10
Essex13.0 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 WebsterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7978869The 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 1032711. 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.