Drayton, North Dakota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Drayton City. It lies in ZIP code area 58225. The Survey maps it on the Drayton quadrangle. 757 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 801 feet above sea level.
On record in Drayton
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
- Drayton United Methodist Churchlisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresDrayton fell from 824 to 757 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 | 824 | |
| 2020 | 757 | -67 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1939 USGS Drayton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Drayton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Drayton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cavalier quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Drayton in 2007, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
34 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Drayton in 34 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 14 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2017 | Lightning | Drayton | 1 hurt | A woman was struck by lightning at the Drayton ND golf course. Reports indicate that the golfer received a ground pulse from a distant lightning strike which traveled up her golf club. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Drayton | $174,000 | Drayton - Crest of 40.38 ft occurred on 5/17 (Noted in May 2023 storm data). Flooding extended into May.||NOTE: Damages dollar amount is for the entire county. Not separated by specific river basin or damage type. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Drayton | $10,000 | Interstate 29 near Drayton was temporarily closed due to flooding. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drayton | $3,000 | Trees were blown down in Drayton. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drayton | $1,000 | Large trees were blown down at the cemetary. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drayton | $1,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Drayton | - | Drayton - Crest of 40.38 ft occurred on 5/1. Flooding began in April. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Drayton | - | Pembina county EM reports flooding occurring on I-29. Water over the roadway. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drayton | - | A few large tree branches were found to be broken down in shelter belts in eastern Drayton Township. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drayton | - | A few 3 to 5 inch diameter branches were blown down around town. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Drayton | - | The hail fell along Interstate 29, near the sugar beet plant. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drayton | - | Tree and roof damage was reported throughout town. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drayton | - | A semi was blown off of Interstate 29. |
| July 2015 | Flood | Drayton | - | Streets and fields were flooded by the heavy rain. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drayton | - | A few large trees and several large tree branches were blown down or snapped by the wind in and near Drayton. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drayton | - | A tree was snapped and a wooden roadside sign was broken down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drayton | - | A 60 foot tall pine tree was uprooted and a 1 foot diameter oak tree was snapped off. Shingle damage also occurred. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Drayton | - | An observer reported 3.50 inches of rain in Drayton. Water rose up to some car doors in town. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drayton | - | Large tree branches were blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drayton | - | One home in Drayton sustained roof damage when a large tree branch punctured the roof and ceiling. Dozens of branches were knocked off trees around town. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drayton | - | Road signs along Interstate 29 were blown down. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Drayton | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Drayton | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Drayton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Drayton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Drayton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Drayton | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Drayton | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Drayton | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Drayton | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Drayton | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Drayton | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Drayton | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Drayton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bowesmont | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fleece | 13.1 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Thomas | 14.6 miles | 11 | |
| Dimock (historical) | 15.2 miles | 10 | |
| Glasston | 17.1 miles | 10 | |
| Joliette | 17.2 miles | 14 | |
| McArthur | 21.2 miles | 14 |
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 Drayton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2443556 | 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 1028722. 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.
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.







