Emerado, North Dakota
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Emerado City. It lies in ZIP code area 58228. It stands on Hazen Brook. The Survey maps it on the Emerado quadrangle. 443 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 896 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEmerado grew from 414 to 443 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 | 414 | |
| 2020 | 443 | +29 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1934 USGS Emerado quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Emerado quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Emerado quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Emerado quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Emerado between 1996 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2017-00064 |
| 1 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | HAYFIRE |
| 7 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | MM 344, US 2 TREE ROW |
| 31 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | 1751 21ST NE AVE GRASS/BRUSH FIRE |
| 25 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HIGHWAY 2 FIRE |
| 24 May 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | PENDER WPA |
| 17 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 22 |
| 13 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 19 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Emerado: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Roader Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Slottrud Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
40 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emerado in 40 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 17 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerado | 1 hurt, $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Flood | Emerado | $150,000 | Flood waters poured over the eastbound lanes of highway 2. Local fields and farm access roads were inundated. Some field erosion from overland flooding was noted across portions of Chester and Oakville townships. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Emerado | $100,000 | Flooding was reported in Emerado, with water filled ditches and water against homes. Roughly 3 to 5 inches of rain had fallen. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Emerado | $100,000 | 1 to 3 inches of rain fell in less than two hours, causing flooding problems around Emerado. Many fields were flooded. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Emerado | $50,000 | Flooding was reported in Emerado, with water filled ditches and water against homes. Roughly 3 to 10 inches of rain fell. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Emerado | $10,000 | Many trees were severely damaged along a four mile path south of Emerado. Three trees fell on a granary 9.5 miles south of Emerado. |
| July 2024 | Flood | Emerado | $500 | Between 5 and 7 pm, 3.22 inches of rain fell at the Grand Forks Air Force Base. Result was flooded roads. By order of the Grand Forks AFB, non-essential vehicle traffic was prohibited due to flooding at the time of the report. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerado | - | Measured wind on NDAWN 33 ft sensor at Emerado. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerado | - | Emerado NDAWN reports a 59 mph wind gust. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerado | - | A couple of cottonwood trees were blown down; time was estimated based on radar. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerado | - | About one third of the shingles and a few pieces of plywood roofing were torn off an apartment building. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerado | - | A large tree was uprooted. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Emerado | - | A deputy reported a touchdown around 2 miles south of the intersection of Grand Forks County 3 and 6. This tornado was viewed and reported by Grand Forks Air Force Base observers and was also videoed from a point south of the Grand Forks airport looking west. Though the tornado tracked over fields and shelterbelts there was no significant damage noted. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Emerado | - | A one mile stretch of U. S. Highway 2 was covered by hail, making it quite slippery. One car ended up in the ditch. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Emerado | - | Large hail fell across southern Oakville and Chester townships. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerado | - | Numerous trees were blown down in shelterbelts. |
| June 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Emerado | - | A persistent wall cloud and funnel were reported. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerado | - | The wind gust was measured by a ND DOT RWIS sensor along U.S. Highway 2. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Emerado | - | Three-quarters of the windows on a house were broken by the large hail. The ground was white with hail. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Emerado | - | The large hail dented a pickup truck and broke a door-mounted mirror. Several storm windows on the farmhouse were broken. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Emerado | - | About 1,500 acres of crops were damaged. The hail also dented vehicles and left holes in the ground. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Emerado | - | A tornado briefly touched down southeast of Emerado. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Emerado | - | A tornado touchdown was reported, paralleling county road 6. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Emerado | - | A fairly large tornado touched down and clipped some power lines and trees. |
| July 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Emerado | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Emerado | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Emerado | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerado | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Emerado | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Emerado | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Emerado | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Emerado | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Emerado | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Emerado | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Emerado | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerado | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Emerado | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emerado | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Emerado | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Emerado | - | 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 Emerado | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2071837 | 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 1028876. 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.







