Colfax, North Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Colfax City. It lies in ZIP code area 58018. The Survey maps it on the Galchutt quadrangle. 172 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresColfax grew from 121 to 172 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 | 121 | |
| 2020 | 172 | +51 (+42%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1904 USGS Wahpeton quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Galchutt quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wahpeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Storms near this place
30 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colfax in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 12 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 funnel cloud, 2 flash flood. 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 1996 | Flash Flood | Colfax | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Colfax | $5,000 | Several fields and farm access roads were flooded between Colfax, Galchutt, and Abercrombie in Abercrombie and southeast Colfax townships. In the town of Abercrombie, 15 to 20 basements were flooded. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colfax | $5,000 | Two large railroad crossing arms were blown over in the wind. |
| June 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Colfax | $2,000 | Several large trees were severely damaged along with some shingles. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colfax | $200 | Tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colfax | $200 | The strong wind blew several trees down. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colfax | - | Personal weather station in Colfax reports wind gusts to 62 MPH. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colfax | - | Personal weather station in Colfax reports wind gusts to 62 MPH. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colfax | - | Peak wind measured at a personal weather station. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colfax | - | Report of large branches snapped as well as dead trees blown down. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Colfax | - | Large, wind driven hail damaged fields across portions of western and central Colfax Township before 4 AM CDT. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Colfax | - | Gusty winds were also reported. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colfax | - | Several large tree branches were blown down in a shelterbelt. A nearby power pole was cracked and the power line was taken down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colfax | - | Several large tree branches and limbs were broken down in shelterbelts across northern Abercrombie Township. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Colfax | - | The large hail cracked windshields and stopped southbound traffic on Interstate 29 near mile point 36. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Colfax | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colfax | - | Several large tree branches were blown down in shelterbelts along Interstate 29. |
| August 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Colfax | - | A persistent wall cloud and a funnel were observed. |
| May 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Colfax | - | A persistent wall cloud with pendant funnel was viewed from Colfax. |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Colfax | - | A wall cloud with pendant funnel was reported. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Colfax | - | Hail ranged from pea to golfball size. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Colfax | - | These storms also produced strong winds and 2.5 inches of rain. Numerous one to two inch diameter branches were broken off. |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Colfax | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Colfax | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colfax | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Colfax | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Colfax | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Colfax | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Colfax | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Colfax | - | 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 Colfax | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2443021 | 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 1028421. 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.





