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.
Population over time
2 figuresWolford 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 36 | |
| 2020 | 43 | +7 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1953 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Wolford quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2002Regional 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 burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | TUMMEY |
| 4 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 26 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Turtle Mountain Agency | MALETURTLE |
| 29 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Turtle Mountain Agency | RUGRAT |
| 24 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HWY 17 FIRE |
| 21 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Turtle Mountain Agency | MIKE NELLY |
| 24 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE ID 032416 |
| 20 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE ID 032016 |
Storms near this place
19 since 2006Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolford | $10,000 | A tree of unknown diameter was split in half mid-way up the trunk. Multiple small and large branches were also broken. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolford | - | A trained spotter estimated the wind speed and noted crop damage. |
| June 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Wolford | - | A brief funnel cloud was reported west of Wolford. |
| June 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Wolford | - | The funnel cloud previously reported west of Wolford was again spotted just outside the city limits. |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Wolford | - | A brief funnel cloud formed. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Wolford | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Wolford | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolford | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolford | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Wolford | - | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Hail | Wolford | - | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Hail | Wolford | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Wolford | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Wolford | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Wolford | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Wolford | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Wolford | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Wolford | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Wolford | - | 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 Wolford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1816628 | 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 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.



