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Amidon, North Dakota

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Sand Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58620. The Survey maps it on the Amidon quadrangle. 24 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,904 feet above sea level.

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Amidon within Slope County

On record in Amidon

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Amidon grew from 20 to 24 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
201020
202024+4 (+20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 6 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

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Amidon between 1996 and 2017, burning about 1,185 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
2 September 1996Natural300 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestFRANKLUND
8 August 2017Natural1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceWOLFGRAM LIGHTNING FIRE
27 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use700 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Servicenot named
21 July 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServicePOLE
5 June 2017Natural1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGNAT
11 June 2017Smoking10 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceEXIT 27
27 November 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined168 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMYSTERY

Every fire recorded in Slope County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Amidon: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Scoria PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Slope County

Storms near this place

60 of 103 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amidon in 103 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 65 hail, 32 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 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
July 2017Thunderstorm WindAmidon$400,000A hopper style grain bin was destroyed at a ranch. Electrical poles in the area were snapped.
July 2016HailAmidon$150,000Crops and vehicles were extensively damaged from the baseball sized hail.
July 2016HailAmidon$125,000The ground was covered with golf ball sized hail. The hail dented frames on windows and broke window screens. Windshields were broken on vehicles.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindAmidon$90,000Two outbuildings on a farm were toppled. Windows on the home were broken.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindAmidon$80,000A barn collapsed at a ranch, and animals were trapped inside.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindAmidon$75,000Four grain grain bins were damaged by the thunderstorm winds.
June 2007FloodAmidon$50,000Heavy rain over a few day period led to water running over county roads. Newspaper articles indicated the water was not significantly deep over most of them. Low water was running across farm roads and fields.
July 2017HailAmidon$25,000The large hail broke windows in a home. Tree damage was also reported.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindAmidon$15,000strong downburst winds developed 20 miles northwest of Amidon on the Logging Creek Ranch where between 300 and 400 Ponderosa Pines were knocked down or tore in half. 4 miles south of the logging camp a rancher had 2 roofs blown off of sheds and his steel wind mill was doubled over in half. A Forest Service wind recorder at the Sand Creek Wildlife refuge 7 NW of Amidon recorded the peak gust at 135 mph. This is the new record non-tornadic wind speed for North Dakota. One the refuge its estimated that another 200-300 pines were stripped, tore in half, or toppled altogether.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindAmidon$5,000Several tree branches were blown off from the strong winds.
July 2007HailAmidon$5,000The ground was white with hail at conclusion. Minor damage to buildings was reported.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Amidon$5,000no account filed
September 2021HailAmidon$2,000The hail broke a skylight on a home.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindAmidon$1,000Severe thunderstorm winds resulted in four inch in diameter tree limbs down, as well as a round metal picnic table being turned over and damaged.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindAmidon-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAmidon-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by the public.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindAmidon-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindAmidon-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindAmidon-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by the public.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindAmidon-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated by Emergency Manager.
August 2019HailAmidon-Significant crop damage occurred.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAmidon-A trained spotter reported strong thunderstorm wind gusts near Amidon.
July 2011HailAmidon-The majority of the hail was the size of nickels, with a few larger stones.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindAmidon-An estimated wind speed of 60 mph was reported.
July 2010Tornado (EF0)Amidon-This tornado occurred in open country and impacted no structures. There was no damage. The tornado was produced by a high based thunderstorm and was visible from as far away as Beach, North Dakota, around 40 miles away. The tornado was rated EF0. The National Weather Service received no fewer than five reports of the event in real time, from different directions. This made it difficult in determining exactly where the tornado occurred. Location was determined with assistance of the Slope County Sheriff.
June 2009Heavy RainAmidon-A thunderstorm produced 1.40 inches of rainfall in 20 minutes.
May 2005HailAmidon-Hail damaged police vehicle in the city of Amidon.
July 2005HailAmidon-Hail reported along Highway 85.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Amidon-Multiple brief touchdown's in open country. Reported by three different sources. The sighting occurred just west of the Slope-Hettinger county line.
July 2000HailAmidon-Pasture pounded flat.
July 1997HailAmidon-Hail fell 9 W of Amidon
June 1997HailAmidon-also wind gusts to 70 mph
June 1997HailAmidon-Hail fell 12 SE Amidon
June 2025Thunderstorm WindAmidon-no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindAmidon-no account filed
July 2025HailAmidon-no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindAmidon-no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindAmidon-no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindAmidon-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindAmidon-no account filed
June 2024HailAmidon-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAmidon-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAmidon-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAmidon-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindAmidon-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAmidon-no account filed
July 2022HailAmidon-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindAmidon-no account filed
July 2022HailAmidon-no account filed
July 2021HailAmidon-no account filed
July 2021HailAmidon-no account filed
July 2021HailAmidon-no account filed
July 2021HailAmidon-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindAmidon-no account filed
July 2020HailAmidon-no account filed
June 2019HailAmidon-no account filed
July 2019HailAmidon-no account filed
August 2019HailAmidon-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindAmidon-no account filed
June 2018HailAmidon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Slope 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
Pierce16.0 miles5
Walser Crossing17.3 miles6
De Sart20.5 miles5
Mound22.8 miles5
Three V Crossing25.4 miles6
Mazda31.7 miles5
Marmarth34.3 miles6

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 AmidonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1939777The 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 1034682. 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.