Beach, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Beach Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58621. The Survey maps it on the Beach West quadrangle. 981 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,776 feet above sea level.
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On record in Beach
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 1 record
Golden Valley County Courthouselisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresBeach fell from 1,019 to 981 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 | 1,019 | |
| 2020 | 981 | -38 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Miles City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Wibaux quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Beach West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Beach between 2015 and 2020, burning about 54 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wibaux County | CARLYLE - WIBAUX |
| 28 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GASHO FIRE |
| 22 August 2015 | Natural | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | STEELE LIGHTNING FIRE |
| 31 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | I94W MM0 FIRE |
| 27 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | SZUDERA POWER LINE FIRE |
| 27 July 2015 | Natural | 7.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | FIERING LIGHTNING FIRE |
| 13 July 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | RR FIREWORKS FIRE |
| 9 March 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BNSF MARTIN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Beach: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sodium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenora Lake | Sodium | Unknown |
Storms near this place
60 of 77 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beach in 77 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 35 hail, 35 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud, 2 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | 3 hurt, $20,000 | Tree damage occurred in Beach. Three injuries occurred at the Golden Valley County Fairgrounds when part of a stage being set up was blown over. The injuries were minor. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Beach | $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | $50,000 | The strong thunderstorm winds blew down multiple cottonwood and evergreen trees. Some of the trees were 18 inches in diameter. Power lines were also reported down. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | $25,000 | The strong winds blew the roof off of a lumberyard building. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Beach | $25,000 | Hail in various sizes up to two and one-quarter inches in diameter fell over the city of Beach for a half hour. Damage was reported to homes in Beach and crops around Beach. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | $15,000 | Roof blown off of pole barn. Trees down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | $12,000 | The strong winds blew down a power line, temporarily disrupting power to parts of Beach. |
| August 1996 | Hail | Beach | $12,000 | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | The National Weather Service received no reports of damage. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | The strong thunderstorm wind gusts were reported by the public. |
| July 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Beach | - | A brief funnel cloud formed near Beach. This funnel cloud did not reach the surface and soon dissipated after developing. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | Very heavy rain accompanied the strong winds. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | Very heavy rain accompanied the strong winds. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | Large hail accompanied the strong winds. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Beach | - | Severe crop damage to lentil, pea, durum, and corn fields. 65 mph winds accompanied large hail. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Beach | - | Hail ranged in size from pea size to quarter size. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Beach | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Beach | - | Piles of hail. |
| August 2006 | Lightning | Beach | - | Lightning started a fire that destroyed 80 round hay bales. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Beach | - | Heavy rain and frequent lightning. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Beach | - | Nickel to quarter size hail on the south side of Beach. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | Several tree limbs down. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Beach | - | Event duration of 20 minutes. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Beach | - | Hail accumulated between 1 to 3 inches with nickel to quarter size covering the ground. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Beach | - | County roads washed out and roads in the community of Beach flooded. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Beach | - | County roads washed out around the Beach area. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | Eight to ten inch diameter trees blown down. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Beach | - | Damage path of 15 miles wide and 20 miles long. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Beach | - | The path of hail averaged 6 miles wide. |
| June 1998 | Heavy Rain | Beach | - | Report of 5 inches of rain in 2.5 hours caused basement and low land flooding. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Beach | - | Hail fell 9 E Beach |
| July 1997 | Hail | Beach | - | 60 mph winds also occurred |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Hail | Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Beach | - | 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 Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1999217 | 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 1027837. 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.




