Bottineau, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Bottineau City. It lies in ZIP code area 58318. The Survey maps it on the Bottineau quadrangle. 2,194 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,637 feet above sea level.
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On record in Bottineau
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
Main, North Dakota School of Forestry, Oldlisted 2006
Population over time
2 figuresBottineau fell from 2,211 to 2,194 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 | 2,211 | |
| 2020 | 2,194 | -17 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Bottineau quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Bottineau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Bottineau between 1997 and 2020, burning about 971 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HANSON FIRE |
| 8 August 2017 | Smoking | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DNS ASSIST |
| 7 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | AIDE GRASS |
| 5 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS/BALE FIRE |
| 5 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2020-27 |
| 17 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | KEVIN ALLARD GRASS |
| 3 June 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DAHLEN CAMPGROUND |
| 25 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 8 WEST ON HWY 5 |
Storms near this place
38 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bottineau in 38 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 22 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bottineau | 2 hurt | Two people were injured by flying debris at a campground. |
| June 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Bottineau | $150,000 | The tornado touched down east-northeast of Carbury, and based on the damage that occurred was rated EF-1. This was the second of two tornadoes near this location within minutes of each other. Two properties were damaged by this second tornado. Damaged was a barn door blown off and the roof torn off, a machine shed damaged, a swing set blown away and large trees snapped and uprooted. A car port was also damaged. Tornado winds were estimated, based on the damage done, at around 95 mph. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bottineau | $75,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds resulted in damage on the west side of Bottineau. Several grain bins were knocked over, one transmission tower was knocked down, and several trees sustained damage. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bottineau | $20,000 | Multiple power poles blew down. |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Bottineau | $10,000 | Small tornado touched down briefly. While it was on the ground it tore down a few power poles and some trees. Property damage estimated. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bottineau | - | A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph. |
| August 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Bottineau | - | An elongated funnel cloud developed north of the city of Bottineau. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bottineau | - | Large hail accompanied the strong winds. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bottineau | - | Large hail accompanied the strong winds. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bottineau | - | Heavy rain accompanied the strong winds. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Bottineau | - | A rainfall amount of 8 tenths of an inch was reported in fifteen minutes. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Bottineau | - | A rainfall total of one inch was reported in just over 20 minutes. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Bottineau | - | Hail reported at Lake Metigoshe. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Bottineau | - | Law enforcement reported several roads washed out. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Bottineau | - | Tornado touched down in open country and moved into Rolette county before lifting back into the clouds. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bottineau | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Bottineau | - | 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 Bottineau | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q523895 | 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 1028083. 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.



