North Dakota, Burke County
Where Powers Lake's records are kept. Powers Lake has its own city government and fire department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Powers Lake's own offices, along with State of North Dakota offices; the Burke County offices are on our Burke County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The State Historical Society's archives in Bismarck holds North Dakota state and local government records, manuscripts, newspapers and photographs, with genealogy and vital records guides; appointments are recommended.
Open official site North Dakota State ArchivesCounty court
One clerk's office in Fargo, open weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., handles North Dakota's federal bankruptcy cases; the site carries PACER and e-filing links, the court calendar, opinions and fee schedule.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of North DakotaCounty court
Search North Dakota district court criminal, traffic and civil cases, plus some municipal court cases, and make payments on criminal or traffic cases by county; restricted case information is left out.
Open official site North Dakota Court System District Court Case SearchVital records
Orders for certified North Dakota birth, death and fetal death records go online, by mail or by appointment and take 5 to 7 business days; the office also keeps a public death index.
Open official site North Dakota Health and Human Services Vital RecordsPolice & jail
The state corrections agency's site, with a Resident Lookup covering only people currently held in its facilities, plus public dashboards on incarceration populations and parole releases.
Open official site North Dakota Department of Corrections and RehabilitationPolice & jail
The North Dakota Attorney General's statewide list gives each missing person's age, last seen date and investigating agency phone number, with photos where available, plus separate searches for missing children and Indigenous persons.
Open official site North Dakota Missing PersonsPolice & jail
Kept by the North Dakota Attorney General, the registry finds offenders by name, city, county or distance from an address, maps them and sends email alerts on changes.
Open official site North Dakota Sex Offender RegistryFederal
Population of 385 in the 2020 Census for Powers Lake city, North Dakota, shown in its Census Bureau profile alongside survey data on household income, schooling, work, housing and health coverage.
Open official site Census Bureau ProfileCity records
City of Powers Lake site with the city office at 218 Main Street, 701-464-5601, council agendas and minutes, ordinances, permits and forms, the city auditor, landfill hours, online bill payment and a complaint form.
Open official site City of Powers LakeCity records
Powers Lake Fire Department page for the volunteer rural fire protection district, covering fire suppression, prevention and rescue, with the fire chief at 701-641-3641 and a fire danger index map.
Open official site Powers Lake Fire DepartmentCity records
City of Powers Lake courtesy list of local businesses, A to Z, giving each one's business type and phone, from the hardware store and gas station to lodging, law and construction firms.
Open official site Powers Lake Local BusinessesCity records
Powers Lake School District at 600 Railroad Ave E, 701-464-5432, with the staff directory, school calendar and events, sports schedules and live streams, lunch menus, online fee payments and a bullying report form.
Open official site Powers Lake School DistrictEverything else, organized
15 more Powers Lake sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Powers Lake, a place of 385 people, is in Burke County, whose county seat is Bowbells. Court and property records sit with Burke County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of North Dakota. Powers Lake's own offices are in the cards above, and our Burke County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
What the federal files hold here, and the office that holds the mine maps.
Powers Lake sits over the Fort Union Region coal field and the coal there is lignite, worked mostly at the surface. The USGS coal fields map is drawn at a small scale, so it shows the ground, not a parcel.
Neither federal file holds a single record inside the town limits: no mine site in the USGS mineral file and no shaft, adit or pit drawn on the historical topographic sheets. That is what the files say, and it is not a clearance. Those files record a working only where one was catalogued or drawn on a survey sheet, and on coal ground the sheets are thin: the maps that show the rooms and the pillars are held by North Dakota Public Service Commission, Abandoned Mine Lands and that office is where to ask for them.
North Dakota abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Straight answers
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North Dakota has no voter registration. Voters show an ID with their name, North Dakota residential address and date of birth at the polls; the North Dakota Secretary of State site lists the ID rules and polling places.
Deeds for property in Powers Lake are recorded by the Burke County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Burke County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in North Dakota come from the state vital records office, North Dakota Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.