Bucyrus, North Dakota
4 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Bucyrus City. It lies in ZIP code area 58639. The Survey maps it on the Bucyrus quadrangle. 18 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,782 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBucyrus fell from 27 to 18 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 | 27 | |
| 2020 | 18 | -9 (-33%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 4 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 Dickinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dickinson quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Mott quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bucyrus between 2005 and 2016, burning about 36 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 4 MILE FIRE |
| 19 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 6MILE FIRE |
| 19 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 7MILE FIRE |
| 9 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | ARNDORFER FIRE |
| 5 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | SLOGAN FIRE |
| 18 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MILE 67 |
| 16 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DITCH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bucyrus in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 20 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Hail | Bucyrus | $500,000 | A severe thunderstorm brought a two to three mile wide swath of very large hail across southern Adams County. The maximum hail size reported was baseball size and fell on a farm about three miles east and four miles north of Hettinger. That farm had 100 percent crop loss over 1,500 acres and had extensive damage to buildings, machinery, and vehicles. National Weather Service officials spoke with the owner of the farm who stated that every window on the west and north sides was broken. Hail broke windows on the farm house, came inside the dwelling, and broke picture frames, knickknacks, and a large screen television inside. Five sheep were beaten to death by the hail. Large hail, but smaller than baseball size, fell on the north side of Hettinger. Windows were broken and siding and roofs were damaged. Damage amounts are estimated from newspaper articles and from speaking with victims. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Bucyrus | $70,000 | Siding was damaged and windows were broken on a home. Roofs were damaged, along with vehicles. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Bucyrus | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Bucyrus | $25,000 | There was damage to vehicles and roofs. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Bucyrus | $15,000 | The thunderstorm produced copious amounts of hail up to one-inch in diameter, with the hail accumulating to around two inches deep on the ground. The hail damaged the vinyl siding on a garage. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucyrus | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucyrus | - | A trained spotter estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Bucyrus | - | Many crops and hay fields were damaged by the hail. |
| August 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Bucyrus | - | A brief funnel cloud was reported. |
| June 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Bucyrus | - | This tornado touched down briefly in open country north of the city of Hettinger. No damage was reported so this tornado was rated EF0. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucyrus | - | An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was received. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Hail | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Bucyrus | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucyrus | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeder | 8.8 miles | 5 | |
| Hettinger | 9.1 miles | 5 | |
| Haynes | 17.9 miles | 7 | |
| Petrel | 28.2 miles | 7 | |
| North Lemmon | 34.4 miles | 6 |
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 Bucyrus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28142 | 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 1028170. 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.


