Dilworth, Minnesota
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Dilworth City. It lies in ZIP code area 56529. The Survey maps it on the Dilworth quadrangle. 4,612 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 909 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDilworth grew from 4,024 to 4,612 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 | 4,024 | |
| 2020 | 4,612 | +588 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 24 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.
- 1895 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1897 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:125000, 12 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Dilworth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Dilworth in 2004, 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Dilworth: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benedict Dredge Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Connlley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Glyndon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grant Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Olness Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dilworth in 19 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Dilworth | $500,000 | After 6 to 8 inches of rain fell across the Dilworth area, many basements filled with water. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dilworth | $3,000 | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dilworth | $2,000 | Several large trees were blown down. |
| May 2024 | Flood | Dilworth | $500 | Dilworth gage, on the Buffalo River. Crested at 12.5 ft on May 30th. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dilworth | - | Crop and tree damage was apparent across southeastern Oakport and southwestern Moland townships. Small hail and winds estimated to 75 mph. Numerous large branches broken down, a few mature box elder and ash trees uprooted. Time estimated based on radar and nearby wind sensor reports. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dilworth | - | Large tree branches, power lines, and sections of fencing were blown down between north Moorhead and Dilworth. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Dilworth | - | Pea to dime sized hail was reported. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dilworth | - | A few trees were snapped or blown over. |
| August 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Dilworth | - | A wall cloud and funnel were viewed by multiple sources in the Fargo-Moorhead area. The Fargo airport air traffic control tower estimated the funnel to be about 5 miles east of Fargo. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Dilworth | - | Very heavy rain was reported along with a few large hailstones. |
| April 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Dilworth | - | Multiple funnels were observed across central Clay County from near Felton towards Ulen and down through the Dilworth and Glyndon areas toward Downer. These occurred mainly from 1123 to 1200 CST. Most were short lived but one or more were persistent for several minutes. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dilworth | - | The Dilworth MNDOT RWIS recorded a wind gust of 60 mph. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Dilworth | - | Quarter to golf ball sized hail fell in Dilworth. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dilworth | - | Tree branches were blown down. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Dilworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Dilworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Dilworth | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Dilworth | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Dilworth | - | 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 Dilworth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2231001 | 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 642816. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.






