Eldridge, North Dakota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Eldridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58401. The Survey maps it on the Eldridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1896 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Eldridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Eldridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Eldridge between 1998 and 2020, burning about 802 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 202031 |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 210312 |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 140312 |
| 23 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 180312 |
| 15 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | 60318 |
| 16 June 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 40312 |
| 13 June 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 40312 |
| 5 May 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Chase Lake Prairie Project Wetland Management District | SYDNEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eldridge in 20 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | $80,000 | A semi-truck and a camper were overturned by the strong thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Eldridge | $10,000 | Two Township roads were reported washed out south of Eldridge and south of Interstate 94. Rain reports ranged from just over two inches to nearly four inches. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Eldridge | - | A brief funnel cloud was reported by law enforcement. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Eldridge | - | Crop damage reported south of Eldridge and south of Interstate 94. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | No hail was reported with the strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Eldridge | - | brief touchdown |
| August 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Eldridge | - | brief touchdown |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Hail | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Eldridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Eldridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Minneapolis (historical) | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Parkhurst | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Jamestown | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Frontier Village | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Kloze | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Jamestown Junction | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Windsor | 10.1 miles | 7 | |
| Homer | 10.3 miles | 11 |
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 Eldridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21857182 | 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 1028841. 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.





