Buxton, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Buxton City. It lies in ZIP code area 58218. The Survey maps it on the Buxton quadrangle. 348 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 932 feet above sea level.
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On record in Buxton
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
First State Bank of Buxtonlisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresBuxton grew from 323 to 348 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 | 323 | |
| 2020 | 348 | +25 (+8%) |
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 Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Buxton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Buxton: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brend Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Buxton State Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jeffers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jeffers Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
54 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buxton in 54 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 28 thunderstorm wind, 23 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Buxton | $150,000 | A 60x120 foot diameter storage building was destroyed and roofing materials were peeled up on a potato warehouse. Several trees were snapped off. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Buxton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | $2,000 | Numerous large trees were blown down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | $500 | A large tree was blown down. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | At I-29 near Buxton, a semi was reported blown over by the public. The report was relayed by broadcast media. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | Broadcast media relayed a public report of a semi-trailer flipped on its side in the northbound lane of I-29. Time and location were estimated based on radar. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | Large tree branches broken, time estimated via radar. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Buxton | - | Nickel-sized hail was reported by an NWS employee. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | The wind gust was measured by a RWIS mesonet sensor. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | A large limb was snapped off a tree. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | The peak wind was measured by a NDAWN mesonet sensor. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | A few poplar trees were blown down in a shelterbelt. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | A few large trees were blown down in shelterbelts across southern Buxton Township. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Buxton | - | The large hail damaged the siding and windows on several homes. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | The siding was torn off several homes. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | Lots of trees were blown down in Buxton and many streets were littered with large branches. Two trees were completely uprooted. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | The wind gust was measured by a ND DOT sensor along Interstate 29. A few cottonwood and ash trees in a nearby grove were snapped or uprooted. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Buxton | - | A few dime to quarter size hail fell. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Buxton | - | Fifty mph wind gusts accompanied the hail. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | Poplar trees were knocked down in a shelterbelt. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | The wind gust was measured by the Buxton RWIS near mile marker 114 on Interstate 29. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | The strong winds occurred near mile point 114 on Interstate 29. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | The wind gust was measured by a wind sensor along Interstate 29 south of Buxton. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Buxton | - | Hail fell in sizes up to golf ball size. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Buxton | - | The hail was mostly pea to marble size. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | The Buxton DOT RWIS reported a wind gust of 66 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | Two trees were snapped in a shelterbelt east of Interstate 29 near mile post 114. A ND DOT RWIS sensor located two miles to the southwest measured peak winds of 55 mph. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | Several trees were blown down in shelterbelts. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | The wind gust was measured by a ND DOT RWIS site along Interstate 29 near mile point 114. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | A semi tractor and trailer were blown off Interstate 29 north of Hillsboro. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | A tree was blown onto the postmaster's car at the post office. The vehicle was totalled. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | A ND DOT RWIS sensor measured the wind gust. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | Several large trees were blown down. |
| July 2002 | Flash Flood | Buxton | - | 12 to 15 inches of rain fell around the town of Buxton. The 15 inch amounts were reported to the east of town. Entire sections of cropland were quickly submerged in lakes of water. Flood fighters sandbagged lower lying homes around town. The railroad tracks in town started to prevent water in town from draining to the east. A large pump was brought in and the town received permission from the railroad to lay it across the railroad tracks. Many streets in town were flooded along with quite a few basements. One home just east of Buxton had water on its main floor. Interstate 29 southbound had water over both lanes, with only the passing lane remaining open. Farmers used jet ski's to move around their land. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Buxton | - | Hail fell at the Interstate 29 exit at Buxton. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | Tree damage was reported. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Buxton | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Buxton | - | 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 Buxton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2379488 | 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 1028221. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.




