Cogswell, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cogswell City. It lies in ZIP code area 58017. The Survey maps it on the Cogswell quadrangle. 73 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,302 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCogswell fell from 99 to 73 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 | 99 | |
| 2020 | 73 | -26 (-26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Cogswell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lisbon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Storms near this place
25 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cogswell in 25 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 14 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cogswell | $200,000 | Numerous large tree limbs were broken down around town. A center pivot irrigation system four miles west of town was flipped. Widespread wind damage was evident throughout Harlem and Sargent townships. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cogswell | $5,000 | Tree damage was reported in Cogswell and a barn was destroyed. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Cogswell | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cogswell | $1,000 | A satellite dish and a tree were blown down by the strong wind. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cogswell | $500 | Branches were blown down. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Cogswell | - | The hail was mostly quarter sized, but there were some larger ones mixed in. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cogswell | - | Several large 4 to 6 inch diameter tree branches were broken down in shelter belts. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Cogswell | - | A funnel cloud was observed. |
| August 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Cogswell | - | The funnel passed directly over the town. |
| July 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Cogswell | - | The Bismarck NWS office received a public report of a brief tornado touchdown with movement to the southeast. The touchdown occurred in an open field with no damage. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Cogswell | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Cogswell | - | The tornado had multiple brief touchdowns along the path, but had a dust and debris cloud. Witnesses also heard a roaring sound. Crops were damaged along the path. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cogswell | - | Power outages were reported in rural areas west of Cogswell. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Cogswell | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Cogswell | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Cogswell | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Cogswell | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Cogswell | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Cogswell | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Cogswell | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Cogswell | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Cogswell | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Cogswell | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Cogswell | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Cogswell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholson | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Harlem (historical) | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Stirum | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Straubville | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Forman | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Brampton | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Gwinner | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hample | 10.6 miles | 8 |
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 Cogswell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2033398 | 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 1028415. 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.
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.




