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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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Buxton within Traill County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Buxton 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.

YearPeople Change
2010323
2020348+25 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brend PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Buxton State PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jeffers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jeffers PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Traill County

Storms near this place

54 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Tornado (EF1)Buxton$150,000A 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 2013FloodBuxton$5,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindBuxton$2,000Numerous large trees were blown down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindBuxton$500A large tree was blown down.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBuxton-At I-29 near Buxton, a semi was reported blown over by the public. The report was relayed by broadcast media.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBuxton-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 2021Thunderstorm WindBuxton-Large tree branches broken, time estimated via radar.
June 2021HailBuxton-Nickel-sized hail was reported by an NWS employee.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBuxton-The wind gust was measured by a RWIS mesonet sensor.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBuxton-A large limb was snapped off a tree.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBuxton-The peak wind was measured by a NDAWN mesonet sensor.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindBuxton-A few poplar trees were blown down in a shelterbelt.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindBuxton-A few large trees were blown down in shelterbelts across southern Buxton Township.
June 2018HailBuxton-The large hail damaged the siding and windows on several homes.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBuxton-The siding was torn off several homes.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBuxton-Lots of trees were blown down in Buxton and many streets were littered with large branches. Two trees were completely uprooted.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBuxton-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 2017HailBuxton-A few dime to quarter size hail fell.
July 2017HailBuxton-Fifty mph wind gusts accompanied the hail.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindBuxton-Poplar trees were knocked down in a shelterbelt.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindBuxton-The wind gust was measured by the Buxton RWIS near mile marker 114 on Interstate 29.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBuxton-The strong winds occurred near mile point 114 on Interstate 29.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBuxton-The wind gust was measured by a wind sensor along Interstate 29 south of Buxton.
July 2013HailBuxton-Hail fell in sizes up to golf ball size.
July 2012HailBuxton-The hail was mostly pea to marble size.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBuxton-The Buxton DOT RWIS reported a wind gust of 66 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBuxton-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 2010Thunderstorm WindBuxton-Several trees were blown down in shelterbelts.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBuxton-The wind gust was measured by a ND DOT RWIS site along Interstate 29 near mile point 114.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBuxton-A semi tractor and trailer were blown off Interstate 29 north of Hillsboro.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBuxton-A tree was blown onto the postmaster's car at the post office. The vehicle was totalled.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBuxton-A ND DOT RWIS sensor measured the wind gust.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindBuxton-Several large trees were blown down.
July 2002Flash FloodBuxton-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 2002HailBuxton-Hail fell at the Interstate 29 exit at Buxton.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindBuxton-Tree damage was reported.
July 2021HailBuxton-no account filed
June 2018HailBuxton-no account filed
July 2017HailBuxton-no account filed
July 2017HailBuxton-no account filed
August 2016HailBuxton-no account filed
July 2016HailBuxton-no account filed
July 2016HailBuxton-no account filed
July 2009HailBuxton-no account filed
August 2007HailBuxton-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBuxton-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBuxton-no account filed
August 2004HailBuxton-no account filed
July 2001HailBuxton-no account filed
August 2000HailBuxton-no account filed
July 2000HailBuxton-no account filed
July 1999HailBuxton-no account filed
July 1999HailBuxton-no account filed
June 1997HailBuxton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Traill 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
Reynolds4.9 miles8
Cummings6.1 miles8
Taft10.1 miles12
Hillsboro13.8 miles12
Mayville14.0 miles9
Portland Junction14.7 miles8
Caledonia15.0 miles9
Murray15.4 miles9

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 BuxtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2379488The 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.