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Esmond, North Dakota

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Esmond City. It lies in ZIP code area 58332. The Survey maps it on the Esmond quadrangle. 91 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,621 feet above sea level.

Esmond within Benson County

Population over time

2 figures

Esmond fell from 100 to 91 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.

YearPeople Change
2010100
202091-9 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Esmond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 329 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning10
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 August 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service2017-39
12 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceJAKES FIRE
11 August 2015Debris and open burning45 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceOLSON FIRE
26 July 2017Debris and open burning20 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceSCHWAN FIRE
1 July 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceHAGN FIRE
4 May 2016Debris and open burning9.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMICKEY H
3 May 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresTurtle Mountain AgencyENNO
28 May 2003Other causesunder an acreTurtle Mountain AgencyDAY WEST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benson County

Storms near this place

36 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Esmond in 36 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 26 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2005Thunderstorm WindEsmond$6,450,000Downburst winds and tornadoes tore down 31 miles of 230 kV power transmission lines crossing far eastern Pierce and western Benson counties. The 25 mile section from the Pierce county line to 2 miles northwest of Minnewaukan was blown down between 5:00 am to 5:20 am CDT by winds of 90 to 110 mph. The Great River Power Company estimated property loss in Benson county at $6.45 million.
June 2008HailEsmond$20,000Several large sections of cropland received damage in Esmond and Rich Valley Townships.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindEsmond$500Tree branches were blown down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEsmond-Nearby personal weather station measured maximum sustained winds of 53 MPH, with gusts to 72 MPH.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindEsmond-Several 12 inch diameter branches were blown down in a shelterbelt. Dime to nickel sized hail also fell.
August 2013HailEsmond-Dime to nickel size hail fell with 50 mph winds.
June 2005Flash FloodEsmond-Several streets were flooded in Esmond. A basement was flooded and a basement wall collapsed. Around 4 inches of rain was reported.
June 2005Tornado (F1)Esmond-This tornado originated in Pierce county. It crossed into Benson county near the southeast end of Long Lake. The tornado continued for 2 miles before lifting. The tornado tore up several trees near Long Lake and tore a roof off a shed. Another shed was damaged at a farmstead northeast of Long Lake. Peak winds were estimated at 110 mph.
June 2005HailEsmond-1.85 inches of rain was also reported.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindEsmond-Extensive tree damage was reported in and around Esmond. Power poles were snapped and power lines were down. The chimney on the Lutheran Church was knocked down. A wind sensor reached 76 mph before power was lost.
July 2005HailEsmond-Dime to quarter sized hail was observed.
July 2005Flash FloodEsmond-Water ran over a county road near a coulee to the North Fork of the Sheyenne River.
July 2005HailEsmond-Strong rotation was also observed in the clouds.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindEsmond-A large tree was blown down.
June 2017HailEsmond-no account filed
September 2017HailEsmond-no account filed
June 2010HailEsmond-no account filed
June 2008HailEsmond-no account filed
June 2008HailEsmond-no account filed
August 2007HailEsmond-no account filed
August 2007HailEsmond-no account filed
July 2005HailEsmond-no account filed
June 2004HailEsmond-no account filed
June 2004HailEsmond-no account filed
August 2004HailEsmond-no account filed
August 2001HailEsmond-no account filed
August 2001HailEsmond-no account filed
August 2000HailEsmond-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindEsmond-no account filed
May 1999HailEsmond-no account filed
May 1999HailEsmond-no account filed
May 1999HailEsmond-no account filed
July 1997HailEsmond-no account filed
July 1996HailEsmond-no account filed
July 1996HailEsmond-no account filed
July 1996HailEsmond-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Isabel6.1 miles6
Hesper7.8 miles9
Fillmore10.2 miles6
Baker10.5 miles6
Maddock13.3 miles10
Harlow15.6 miles6
Flora19.2 miles11
Comstock21.0 miles7

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 EsmondAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q919767The 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 1028907. 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.