Dunseith, North Dakota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the North Rolette unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58329. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dunseith quadrangle. 632 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,706 feet above sea level.
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On record in Dunseith
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
Urbain Cote Round Barnlisted 1986
Population over time
2 figuresDunseith fell from 773 to 632 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 | 773 | |
| 2020 | 632 | -141 (-18%) |
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.
- 1935 USGS Dunseith quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Dunseith quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Dunseith quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Minot quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Bottineau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
916 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 916 fires within 5 miles of Dunseith between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21,357 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 324 were 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 | 324 |
| Debris and open burning | 277 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 238 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 42 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Other causes | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 48 acres | Turtle Mountain Agency | FIVE CREW |
| 8 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Turtle Mountain Agency | 2 LAKES |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Turtle Mountain Agency | SPOOKY |
| 6 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Turtle Mountain Agency | COOL |
| 5 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Turtle Mountain Agency | DAKOTA |
| 30 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Turtle Mountain Agency | PIE |
| 30 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 6.3 acres | Turtle Mountain Agency | HAVEN |
| 30 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Turtle Mountain Agency | BUG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dunseith: 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunseith Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mineral Spring Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | 1943 | |
| North Dunseith Spring Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | 1943 |
Storms near this place
22 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunseith in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunseith | $600,000 | Many large tree branches were down, with several trees uprooted. There was some damage to roofs, and power poles and lines were down. In one case, a tree fell onto a power line then onto a house, causing the house to start on fire. In another case a teenager, whose age is unknown, was injured (indirect) as he was burned while cleaning up tree damage and unknowingly came in contact with a live downed electrical wire. The teen was hospitalized. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Dunseith | $150,000 | Significant damage at the International Peace Gardens. Extensive damage to flowers. Water was nearly a foot deep in the gift shop, the interpretive center, and the administration building. One side of a basement wall on one building collapsed. Water on the grounds and over roads was up to 3 feet deep. Total rain was 4.1 inches, of which 3.1 inches occurred in less than a one hour period. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Dunseith | $33,000 | Road washed out due to high water flowing over it. Utility lines exposed under road. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Dunseith | $10,000 | Rainfall amounts ranging from three to four inches in one hour resulted in flash flooding over western Rolette County. Water was reported over Highway Five west of Dunseith, and was closed for several hours. The flash flooding occurred in a rural area and there were no reports of flooded structures. |
| July 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Dunseith | $8,000 | The Belcourt Fire Department reported a home sustained minor roof damage north of Dunseith due to a brief tornado touchdown. The damage was consistent with EF0 damage on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Estimated wind speed based on the EF scale was 80 mph. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunseith | $5,000 | Large tree were blown down onto power lines. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Dunseith | $5,000 | reports of windows broken out of houses. damage amount estimated. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunseith | $500 | Small tree limbs were broken. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunseith | - | Heavy rain accompanied the strong winds. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Dunseith | - | A heavy rainfall report of 1.5 inches in 20 minutes was received. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Dunseith | - | Occurred at the International Peace Gardens. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Dunseith | - | Occurred at the International Peace Gardens. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Dunseith | - | Excessive water from thunderstorms swamped a farm forcing evacuation of those in the farm house. |
| June 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Dunseith | - | Tornado formed 7 miles southwest of Dunseith and skipped east across open country lifting back into the parent cloud 5 miles south of Dunseith. No damage was reported. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Dunseith | - | Tornado began in Bottineau county. No damage reported as tornado remained in open field. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Dunseith | - | hail fell 10 N Dunsieth |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunseith | - | Winds occurred 9 N of Dunseith near the port of entry. Numerous trees downed. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunseith | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Dunseith | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Dunseith | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Dunseith | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Dunseith | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Haven | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| East Dunseith | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Thorne | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| Kelvin | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Fonda | 10.1 miles | 6 | |
| Shell Valley | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Rolette | 15.7 miles | 7 | |
| Belcourt | 16.8 miles | 7 |
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 Dunseith | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q530192 | 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 1028750. 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.





