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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.

Woodworth within Stutsman County

Population over time

2 figures

Woodworth 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.

YearPeople Change
201050
202044-6 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

10 since 1994

Regional 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
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use50 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceODERBACH/CLARIS
29 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceCRP FIRE
21 July 2017Naturalunder an acreArrowwood National Wildlife RefugeSUNDAY LAKE
27 May 2017Natural25 acresChase Lake National Wildlife RefugeWOODWORTH STATION
21 May 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresChase Lake Prairie Project Wetland Management DistrictWOODWORTH1
2 May 2015Natural8.0 acresArrowwood National Wildlife RefugeKUHN
8 April 2010Recreation and ceremony258 acresChase Lake Prairie Project Wetland Management DistrictKAUTZMAN
28 April 2008Debris and open burning30 acresArrowwood National Wildlife RefugeKUHN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stutsman County

Storms near this place

28 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2009FloodWoodworth$502,000Heavy 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 2011Flash FloodWoodworth$500,000Local 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 2009FloodWoodworth$268,000Flooding 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 2023FloodWoodworth$40,000Flooding from snow melt runoff caused significant damages to county infrastructure.
July 2011Flash FloodWoodworth$25,000Some roads under water from the very heavy rainfall.
August 2011Flash FloodWoodworth$5,000Thunderstorms 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 2024Tornado (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 2020Thunderstorm WindWoodworth-Wind gusts to 60 mph were reported by a trained spotter.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWoodworth-Strong winds gusted multiple times during this time period.
August 2004HailWoodworth-Wind gust to 45 mph (39 knots) accompanied the storm.
June 2001HailWoodworth-Hail was flat and jagged.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWoodworth-no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindWoodworth-no account filed
June 2024HailWoodworth-no account filed
June 2024HailWoodworth-no account filed
July 2020HailWoodworth-no account filed
June 2019Funnel CloudWoodworth-no account filed
September 2019Thunderstorm WindWoodworth-no account filed
July 2016Funnel CloudWoodworth-no account filed
July 2014HailWoodworth-no account filed
July 2011HailWoodworth-no account filed
June 2010HailWoodworth-no account filed
July 2010HailWoodworth-no account filed
June 2010HailWoodworth-no account filed
August 2006HailWoodworth-no account filed
August 2004HailWoodworth-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWoodworth-no account filed
July 2000HailWoodworth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stutsman 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
Goldwin5.4 miles8
Vashti12.2 miles8
Medina17.2 miles6
Edmunds19.2 miles12
Cleveland19.9 miles7
Pingree21.0 miles12
Windsor21.9 miles7
Buchanan25.7 miles13

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 WoodworthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1876812The 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.