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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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Bottineau within Bottineau County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Bottineau 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,211
20202,194-17 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

32 since 1997

Regional 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Fireworks1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceHANSON FIRE
8 August 2017Smoking10 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceDNS ASSIST
7 August 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceAIDE GRASS
5 August 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGRASS/BALE FIRE
5 July 2020Fireworksunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest Service2020-27
17 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceKEVIN ALLARD GRASS
3 June 2019Smoking1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceDAHLEN CAMPGROUND
25 June 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE 8 WEST ON HWY 5

Every fire recorded in Bottineau County

Storms near this place

38 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBottineau2 hurtTwo people were injured by flying debris at a campground.
June 2020Tornado (EF1)Bottineau$150,000The 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 2010Thunderstorm WindBottineau$75,000Strong 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 2025Thunderstorm WindBottineau$20,000Multiple power poles blew down.
June 1997Tornado (F0)Bottineau$10,000Small tornado touched down briefly. While it was on the ground it tore down a few power poles and some trees. Property damage estimated.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindBottineau-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph.
August 2016Funnel CloudBottineau-An elongated funnel cloud developed north of the city of Bottineau.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBottineau-Large hail accompanied the strong winds.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBottineau-Large hail accompanied the strong winds.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBottineau-Heavy rain accompanied the strong winds.
June 2011Heavy RainBottineau-A rainfall amount of 8 tenths of an inch was reported in fifteen minutes.
June 2011Heavy RainBottineau-A rainfall total of one inch was reported in just over 20 minutes.
September 2005HailBottineau-Hail reported at Lake Metigoshe.
July 2001Flash FloodBottineau-Law enforcement reported several roads washed out.
July 2000Tornado (F0)Bottineau-Tornado touched down in open country and moved into Rolette county before lifting back into the clouds.
July 2023HailBottineau-no account filed
August 2023HailBottineau-no account filed
June 2022HailBottineau-no account filed
July 2019HailBottineau-no account filed
June 2015HailBottineau-no account filed
June 2015HailBottineau-no account filed
August 2013HailBottineau-no account filed
August 2013HailBottineau-no account filed
June 2011HailBottineau-no account filed
June 2011HailBottineau-no account filed
June 2011HailBottineau-no account filed
June 2011HailBottineau-no account filed
July 2010HailBottineau-no account filed
June 2008HailBottineau-no account filed
May 2006HailBottineau-no account filed
August 2006HailBottineau-no account filed
June 2005HailBottineau-no account filed
July 2005HailBottineau-no account filed
July 2005HailBottineau-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBottineau-no account filed
August 2002HailBottineau-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindBottineau-no account filed
September 1996HailBottineau-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bottineau 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
Carbury6.8 miles6
Gardena9.1 miles7
Omemee9.6 miles7
Belmar13.1 miles7
White13.1 miles6
Souris13.7 miles6
Tasco14.0 miles7
Kramer16.7 miles7

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 BottineauAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q523895The 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.