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.
Population over time
2 figuresBinford 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 183 | |
| 2020 | 170 | -13 (-7%) |
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.
- 1952 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Binford quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Stump Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional 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 burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 700 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | SHAUN ADRIAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
45 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Binford | $500,000 | A 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Binford | $500 | Branches were blown down. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Binford | $500 | Large trees were blown down in the strong wind. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Binford | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Binford | - | Report of quarter size hail. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Binford | - | Quarter sized hail reported in Binford, ND. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Binford | - | Photos and reports received on social media showing mostly golf ball-sized hail, with a few larger pieces. |
| August 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Binford | - | Law enforcement spotted a large wall cloud moving toward Binford, with a possible funnel cloud. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Binford | - | A photo and report of 2.5-inch hail was received via social media. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Binford | - | Photo and report received via social media. Hail was larger than the diameter of a soda can. Time estimated based on radar. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Binford | - | Tree damage occurred throughout town. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Binford | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail fell with very heavy rain. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Binford | - | Wind speeds estimated at 60 to 70 mph blew down large tree branches. The strong winds continued across central Willow Township. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Binford | - | Fairly large tree branches were blown down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Binford | - | Large trees were broken down or uprooted, and a small shed was blown over. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Binford | - | 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Binford | - | Several large branches were blown down along the Griggs/Nelson county line. Pea sized hail was also reported. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Binford | - | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Binford | - | Multiple funnels periodically touched the ground. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (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 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Binford | - | A brief touchdown was reported. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Binford | - | A brief touchdown was reported. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Binford | - | A brief touchdown was reported. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Binford | - | A brief touchdown was reported. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Binford | - | A brief touchdown was reported. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Binford | - | Windows were broken due to the large hail. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Binford | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Binford | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Binford | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Binford | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Binford | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Binford | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Binford | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Binford | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Binford | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Binford | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Binford | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Binford | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Binford | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Binford | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Binford | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Binford | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Binford | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Binford | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Binford | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessie | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Mose | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Sutton | 12.1 miles | 8 | |
| Cooperstown | 14.3 miles | 9 | |
| Revere | 14.3 miles | 8 | |
| Shepard | 16.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hannaford | 19.1 miles | 8 | |
| Mardell (historical) | 19.3 miles | 9 |
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 Binford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2445945 | 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 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.




