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Binford, North Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Binford City. It lies in ZIP code area 58416. The Survey maps it on the Binford quadrangle. 170 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,526 feet above sea level.

Binford within Griggs County

Population over time

2 figures

Binford fell from 183 to 170 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
2010183
2020170-13 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Binford in 2019, burning about 700 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
Debris and open burning1

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 April 2019Debris and open burning700 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceSHAUN ADRIAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Griggs County

Storms near this place

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Binford in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 23 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 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
June 1994Tornado (F0)Binford$500,000A severe thunderstorm, which spawned a tornado, funnel clouds, and waterspouts, passed near a Bible Camp. Trees were destroyed and power lines downed. Strong winds from the storm caused a pickup and camper, with three passengers, to roll over on its side. There were no injuries reported.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindBinford$500Branches were blown down.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBinford$500Large trees were blown down in the strong wind.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBinford$500no account filed
June 2025HailBinford-Report of quarter size hail.
June 2024HailBinford-Quarter sized hail reported in Binford, ND.
August 2021HailBinford-Photos and reports received on social media showing mostly golf ball-sized hail, with a few larger pieces.
August 2021Funnel CloudBinford-Law enforcement spotted a large wall cloud moving toward Binford, with a possible funnel cloud.
August 2021HailBinford-A photo and report of 2.5-inch hail was received via social media.
August 2021HailBinford-Photo and report received via social media. Hail was larger than the diameter of a soda can. Time estimated based on radar.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBinford-Tree damage occurred throughout town.
June 2020HailBinford-Nickel to quarter sized hail fell with very heavy rain.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindBinford-Wind speeds estimated at 60 to 70 mph blew down large tree branches. The strong winds continued across central Willow Township.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBinford-Fairly large tree branches were blown down.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBinford-Large trees were broken down or uprooted, and a small shed was blown over.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBinford-The wind gust was measured by a Davis wind sensor. Trees fell on cars and homes. A pole barn on the east edge of town was demolished.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBinford-Several large branches were blown down along the Griggs/Nelson county line. Pea sized hail was also reported.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBinford-Trees were blown down.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Binford-Multiple funnels periodically touched the ground.
May 2004Tornado (F2)Binford-A pole barn was blown into some trees, a machine shed was demolished, and major tree damage occurred with this tornado. Members of a family were in a farm yard watching this tornado develop, and rushed to their basement just before the tornado hit.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Binford-A brief touchdown was reported.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Binford-A brief touchdown was reported.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Binford-A brief touchdown was reported.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Binford-A brief touchdown was reported.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Binford-A brief touchdown was reported.
August 1997HailBinford-Windows were broken due to the large hail.
May 2012HailBinford-no account filed
July 2011HailBinford-no account filed
June 2006HailBinford-no account filed
June 2006HailBinford-no account filed
May 2004HailBinford-no account filed
August 2004HailBinford-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBinford-no account filed
July 2001HailBinford-no account filed
July 2001HailBinford-no account filed
September 2001HailBinford-no account filed
September 2001HailBinford-no account filed
June 2000HailBinford-no account filed
May 2000HailBinford-no account filed
July 2000HailBinford-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBinford-no account filed
July 1999HailBinford-no account filed
September 1997HailBinford-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindBinford-no account filed
August 1994HailBinford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Griggs 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
Jessie5.8 miles9
Mose5.9 miles8
Sutton12.1 miles8
Cooperstown14.3 miles9
Revere14.3 miles8
Shepard16.4 miles9
Hannaford19.1 miles8
Mardell (historical)19.3 miles9

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 BinfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2445945The 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 1028008. 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.