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Wolford, North Dakota

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Pierce unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58385. The Survey maps it on the Wolford quadrangle. 43 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,624 feet above sea level.

Wolford within Pierce County

Population over time

2 figures

Wolford grew from 36 to 43 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
201036
202043+7 (+19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Wolford between 2002 and 2020, burning about 202 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
23 July 2020Debris and open burning80 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceTUMMEY
4 May 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
26 May 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTurtle Mountain AgencyMALETURTLE
29 April 2007Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTurtle Mountain AgencyRUGRAT
24 April 2015Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceHWY 17 FIRE
21 April 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresTurtle Mountain AgencyMIKE NELLY
24 March 2016Debris and open burning65 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE ID 032416
20 March 2016Debris and open burning40 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE ID 032016

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Storms near this place

19 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wolford in 19 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 12 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud. 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 2019Thunderstorm WindWolford$10,000A tree of unknown diameter was split in half mid-way up the trunk. Multiple small and large branches were also broken.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindWolford-A trained spotter estimated the wind speed and noted crop damage.
June 2012Funnel CloudWolford-A brief funnel cloud was reported west of Wolford.
June 2012Funnel CloudWolford-The funnel cloud previously reported west of Wolford was again spotted just outside the city limits.
July 2010Funnel CloudWolford-A brief funnel cloud formed.
September 2025HailWolford-no account filed
June 2023HailWolford-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWolford-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWolford-no account filed
July 2020HailWolford-no account filed
September 2018HailWolford-no account filed
September 2018HailWolford-no account filed
June 2018HailWolford-no account filed
August 2016HailWolford-no account filed
June 2012HailWolford-no account filed
August 2008HailWolford-no account filed
May 2006HailWolford-no account filed
May 2006HailWolford-no account filed
August 2006HailWolford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pierce 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
Rugby17.9 miles7
Leverich20.9 miles6
Tunbridge23.2 miles7
Barton25.0 miles7
Silva25.4 miles6
Balta28.9 miles7
Orrin37.2 miles6
Selz45.4 miles10

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 WolfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1816628The 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 1032872. 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.