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Arnegard, North Dakota

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1978. It stands in Arnegard City. It lies in ZIP code area 58835. The Survey maps it on the Arnegard quadrangle. 282 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,254 feet above sea level.

Arnegard within McKenzie County

Population over time

2 figures

Arnegard grew from 115 to 282 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
2010115
2020282+167 (+145%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

11 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Arnegard between 2005 and 2020, burning about 304 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
24 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use200 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service30TH ST NW AND 148TH AVE NW
2 September 2011Debris and open burning2.2 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceRT ENERGY
14 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceFLARE FIRE
21 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use60 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Servicenot named
23 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceT100-R150-S25 IT# 2317
20 July 2017Natural1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service'WISNESS', GRASS FIRE
3 June 2019Natural1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceLIGHTNING STRIKE - BRUINS
17 June 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMDU TRANSFORMER FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McKenzie County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arnegard in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
August 2023HailArnegard$100,000A supercell thunderstorm passed through the Arnegard and surrounding areas, resulting in an extended period of large hail. The largest hail was the size of golf balls. Vehicles were damaged.
May 2014HailArnegard$30,000A McKenzie County Deputy Sheriff reported between golf ball and baseball size hail with damage in the area.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindArnegard$20,000A 240 square foot anchored shed was destroyed with debris spread for about a quarter-mile towards the east. Twenty chickens and ten rabbits that lived in the shed perished. A single axle covered snowmobile trailer was blown about 200 yards from its original location and was severely damaged. A large pole barn and home on the site were not damaged.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindArnegard$15,000Damage to trees and a few structures were reported in Arnegard, McKenzie County from severe thunderstorm wind gusts. Several trees were blown down, causing some minor structural damage.
September 1996HailArnegard$10,000no account filed
September 2025Tornado (EFU)Arnegard-The tornado touched down in an open field northwest of Arnegard and moved south-southeast. The tornado impacted no structures, thus there was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown).
September 2019Thunderstorm WindArnegard-The public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph.
May 2018Funnel CloudArnegard-A funnel cloud developed in the vicinity of Arnegard.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindArnegard-Law Enforcement estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2016Tornado (EF0)Arnegard-A tornado developed over rural areas between Arnegard and Watford City, and traveled east for almost one-half mile. No damage was reported as the tornado impacted no structures. Based on this, it is rated EF0.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindArnegard-Two inch diameter tree limbs broken.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindArnegard-Large tree limbs down.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindArnegard-High winds tore roof off barn.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindArnegard-no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindArnegard-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindArnegard-no account filed
May 2023HailArnegard-no account filed
August 2019HailArnegard-no account filed
August 2019HailArnegard-no account filed
June 2018HailArnegard-no account filed
July 2014HailArnegard-no account filed
July 2013HailArnegard-no account filed
June 2012HailArnegard-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindArnegard-no account filed
June 1999HailArnegard-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McKenzie 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
Rawson5.3 miles6
Watford City8.4 miles6
Alexander11.0 miles7
Schafer13.5 miles7
Charbonneau17.4 miles7
Banks20.6 miles8
Cartwright26.0 miles7
Johnsons Corner26.5 miles8

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 ArnegardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1884160The 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 1027736. 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.