Woodworth, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Strong Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58496. The Survey maps it on the Woodworth quadrangle. 44 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,031 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWoodworth fell from 50 to 44 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 | 50 | |
| 2020 | 44 | -6 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Woodworth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Carrington quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Woodworth between 1994 and 2017, burning about 388 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | ODERBACH/CLARIS |
| 29 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | CRP FIRE |
| 21 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge | SUNDAY LAKE |
| 27 May 2017 | Natural | 25 acres | Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge | WOODWORTH STATION |
| 21 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Chase Lake Prairie Project Wetland Management District | WOODWORTH1 |
| 2 May 2015 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge | KUHN |
| 8 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 258 acres | Chase Lake Prairie Project Wetland Management District | KAUTZMAN |
| 28 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge | KUHN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodworth in 28 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 13 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 3 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Flood | Woodworth | $502,000 | Heavy overland flooding and flooding along the James River and Pipestem Creek due to snowmelt resulted in damage to numerous state, county, and local roads. Damage was also reported to local infrastructure in the city of Jamestown along with ten homes. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Woodworth | $500,000 | Local area law enforcement reported deep water over Highway 36 west of Pingree. Railroad tracks between Pingree and Woodworth were washed out in several locations. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Woodworth | $268,000 | Flooding of the James River and Pipestem Creek, along with overland flooding, damaged county and township roads. Several homes were flooded in March. Flooding continued and worsened into April. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Woodworth | $40,000 | Flooding from snow melt runoff caused significant damages to county infrastructure. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Woodworth | $25,000 | Some roads under water from the very heavy rainfall. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Woodworth | $5,000 | Thunderstorms produced around two inches of rain in this area leading to flash flooding along low water crossings. Damage was minimal and confined to eroded road shoulders. Most of the rain fell in less than one hour. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Woodworth | - | The tornado touched down in an open field south of Woodworth and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EFU (Unknown). |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodworth | - | Wind gusts to 60 mph were reported by a trained spotter. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodworth | - | Strong winds gusted multiple times during this time period. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Woodworth | - | Wind gust to 45 mph (39 knots) accompanied the storm. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Woodworth | - | Hail was flat and jagged. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodworth | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Woodworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Woodworth | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Woodworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Woodworth | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodworth | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Woodworth | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Woodworth | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Woodworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Woodworth | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Woodworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Woodworth | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Woodworth | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Woodworth | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodworth | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Woodworth | - | 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 Woodworth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1876812 | 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 1032885. 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.




