STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Nordhagen Arlen Dale

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O NATIONAL STORAGE AFFILIATES TRUST

8400 EAST PRENTICE AVENUE, 9TH FLOOR

(Street)

GREENWOOD VILLAGE

80111

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
National Storage Affiliates Trust [ NSA ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Vice Chairperson

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/31/2023

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

**Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned**
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value⁽¹⁾	08/31/2023		J⁽¹⁾		18,442⁽¹⁾	A	$0	4,019,626⁽²⁾	D

**Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned**
**(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value ("Common Shares") received in connection with a pro rata, liquidating distribution from SecurCare Bonus Pool LLC, of which the Reporting Person did not have or share voting or investment power. Such distribution is exempt from Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), pursuant to Rule 16a-9(a), and is exempt from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16a-10.

2. The Reporting Person's total direct and indirect beneficial ownership of Common Shares following the reported transactions above is 4,019,626 Common Shares, which includes those Common Shares previously reported. The 4,019,626 Common Shares referred to above do not include derivative securities of the Reporting Person that were previously reported on the Reporting Person's Form 3 and Forms 4.

Remarks:

	Arlen Dale Nordhagen, by Jason Parsont, his Attorney-in-fact	09/05/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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