Denhoff, North Dakota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Denhoff Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58430. The Survey maps it on the Denhoff quadrangle. 13 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,031 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDenhoff fell from 20 to 13 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 | 20 | |
| 2020 | 13 | -7 (-35%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denhoff quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS McClusky quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Denhoff between 2005 and 2019, burning about 28 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 18 May 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MORELY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Denhoff: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denhoff Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Denhoff in 18 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Tornado (EF2) | Denhoff | $700,000 | This tornado touched down south of Denhoff about three miles north of the Burleigh County line and moved in a northerly direction to the west of Highway 14. When the tornado reached about 6 miles south of Denhoff, it destroyed a 30 by 60 foot pole barn. A nearby barn had two skylights torn off the roof. Another nearby building had some minor damage. At this same property, a double wide mobile home propped up on a basement had the roof completely torn off and blown to the west side of the home. The southeast corner of this mobile home was also missing a wall. A car parked on the property was picked up and set down near the mobile home. Debris was scattered throughout the property and there was substantial tree damage, mostly snapped branches. About a mile south of Denhoff, a single wide mobile home was flipped. There was also debris scattered up to a quarter mile away from this property, along with noticeable tree damage and moved hay bales. The tornado then continued to the west and north of Denhoff. Near a gravel pit to the north of Highway 200, there was more hay bale and tree damage. Several other properties then experience damage from two to five miles north of Denhoff. There was hay bale damage and hay embedded in a road sign's wood post north of Denhoff. Roof panels were missing from a farm outbuilding north of this road sign. Further north, another property had missing skylights on a farm building, damage to a small grain bin, and a childrens wooden play area destroyed. Multiple areas of tree damage were also noted. The tornado was then dissipated about 6 miles north of Dehoff. No deaths or injuries occurred during this event. Based on the damage done this tornado was rated EF-2, and from that wind speeds were estimated to be around 120 mph. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denhoff | $5,000 | A large tree blew down and crops were damaged. |
| September 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Denhoff | - | This is the second event entry for one tornado that passed through two counties, Burleigh and Sheridan. The tornado touched down in an open field north of Wing and impacted no structures before it ended south of Denhoff. During the time this tornado was on the ground, another tornado which caused damage developed in Sheridan County south of Denhoff. With this tornado, there was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown). |
| September 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Denhoff | - | The tornado touched down in an open field south of Denhoff and impacted no structures. This was considered a satellite tornado which developed and remaining near a much larger damaging tornado that remained to its west. With this tornado, there was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown). |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denhoff | - | Large hail accompanied the strong winds. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Denhoff | - | Pea to quarter size hail lasted for around 20 minutes. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denhoff | - | Damage to a farm house. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denhoff | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denhoff | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Denhoff | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Denhoff | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Denhoff | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denhoff | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Denhoff | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Denhoff | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denhoff | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Denhoff | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Denhoff | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodrich | 7.1 miles | 6 | |
| McClusky | 9.8 miles | 7 | |
| Lincoln Valley | 11.4 miles | 8 | |
| Pickardville | 17.0 miles | 7 | |
| Martin | 25.3 miles | 10 |
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 Denhoff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4137001 | 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 1028658. 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.
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.



