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Wyndmere, North Dakota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Wyndmere City. It lies in ZIP code area 58081. The Survey maps it on the Wyndmere quadrangle. 454 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,056 feet above sea level.

Wyndmere within Richland County

Population over time

2 figures

Wyndmere grew from 429 to 454 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
2010429
2020454+25 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

4 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Wyndmere between 2016 and 2018, burning about 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Fireworks1

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
4 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceCAR ACCIDENT
4 July 2016Fireworksunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
21 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceDOTZENROD GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Storms near this place

52 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wyndmere in 52 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 23 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWyndmere$200,000The wind gust was measured by a NDSU NDAWN mesonet site. Numerous large tree limbs were broken down around the town of Wyndmere along with four wooden power poles. Wind damage was widespread throughout Wyndmere and Danton townships suggestive of peak winds from 55 to 65 mph, with isolated peak winds to 80 mph.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWyndmere$100,000At a location two miles east of McLeod, siding was peeled off a house and a trampoline was wrapped around a tree. Other large tree branches were also blown down.
May 2015Flash FloodWyndmere$10,000Three to four inches of rain fell in a short duration, flooding ditches, fields, and farm access roads across portions of Westend and Homestead townships.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWyndmere$10,000A grain bin was lifted off its foundation and demolished. Numerous trees were blown down.
June 2013Flash FloodWyndmere$5,000Heavy rains and flash flooding caused temporary road closures along North Dakota Highway 18 near Wyndmere.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWyndmere$3,000Trees were blown down in Wyndmere and some siding on a church was torn off.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindWyndmere$200Branches were blown down.
June 2025HailWyndmere-Quarter size hail reported outside Dollar General in Wyndmere.
September 2025Tornado (EFU)Wyndmere-Spotter reported very weak tornado that was nearly stationary and lasted approximately 2 minutes.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWyndmere-Public report of snapped trees received via social media.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindWyndmere-Several large, 3 to 5-inch diameter, tree branches were broken down around a farmstead. Very strong winds prevailed for about 10 minutes.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWyndmere-The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station.
September 2016HailWyndmere-The hail fell along highway 18.
August 2013HailWyndmere-A few large hailstones fell along with very strong winds and driving rain.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWyndmere-Damaging winds took down power lines near Wyndmere, leading to a loss of power to observation equipment at the Wyndmere airport. Power lines were repaired and power was restored later that morning.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWyndmere-The winds were estimated by a trained weather spotter.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWyndmere-The spotter estimated wind speeds of 50 to 60 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWyndmere-Downburst winds tore down numerous large branches and uprooted several trees through a four mile wide path extending from one mile south of Wyndmere to about three miles north of town. The damage path developed about 2 miles west of Wyndmere and continued eastward through Barney and Mooreton.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWyndmere-Trees were blown down in Wyndmere. Some of the trees fell on powerlines.
June 2007FloodWyndmere-An NDAWN mesonet site near Ekre (northwest Richland County) reported 4.46 inches of rain from the 13th through the morning of the 15th. Several rural roads were closed due to the steady rain. The Wild Rice River at Abercrombie stayed above its moderate flood stage (12 feet) for 22 days in June (3rd through the 25th).
June 2005Flash FloodWyndmere-A bridge was closed due to flash flooding.
June 2005Flash FloodWyndmere-Basement flooding and sewer backup were reported.
June 2005Flash FloodWyndmere-Water flowed over North Dakota Highway 18.
June 2005Flash FloodWyndmere-Around 6 inches of rain fell in 6 hours. Several basements were flooded in Wyndmere and other homes had to be sandbagged. Half the homes in town suffered some sort of water damage and 12 to 15 had major damage. Highway 18 through town was closed.
July 2002Flash FloodWyndmere-Street flooding was reported.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWyndmere-Small trees were blown down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWyndmere-Trees were blown down.
September 2019HailWyndmere-no account filed
September 2016HailWyndmere-no account filed
July 2010HailWyndmere-no account filed
June 2009HailWyndmere-no account filed
June 2009HailWyndmere-no account filed
August 2005HailWyndmere-no account filed
May 2004HailWyndmere-no account filed
May 2004HailWyndmere-no account filed
June 2002HailWyndmere-no account filed
June 2002HailWyndmere-no account filed
June 2001HailWyndmere-no account filed
July 2001HailWyndmere-no account filed
August 2001HailWyndmere-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWyndmere-no account filed
August 1999HailWyndmere-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWyndmere-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWyndmere-no account filed
July 1999Tornado (F0)Wyndmere-no account filed
June 1998HailWyndmere-no account filed
July 1998HailWyndmere-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindWyndmere-no account filed
July 1998HailWyndmere-no account filed
June 1997HailWyndmere-no account filed
July 1996HailWyndmere-no account filed
July 1994HailWyndmere-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Richland 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
Moselle3.5 miles9
Barney7.0 miles9
Mantador10.8 miles10
Bayne12.8 miles10
Lidgerwood13.2 miles9
Mooreton13.6 miles10
Stiles13.9 miles9
Fairview Junction16.3 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 WyndmereAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2442966The 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 1035254. 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.