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Harvey, North Dakota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Harvey City. It lies in ZIP code area 58341. The Survey maps it on the Harvey quadrangle. 1,650 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,598 feet above sea level.

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Harvey within Wells County

On record in Harvey

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Harvey fell from 1,783 to 1,650 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
20101,783
20201,650-133 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Harvey between 2016 and 2019, burning about 52 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/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 June 2019Debris and open burning50 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service3431 28TH AVE NE SELZ
22 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceRURAL 03

Every fire recorded in Wells County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Harvey: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Galen Construction PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harvey Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wells County

Storms near this place

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harvey in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 27 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. 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 2018HailHarvey$850,000A slow moving supercell thunderstorm dropped very large hail on the Harvey area. House roofs and gutters were damaged throughout the city. Many vehicles were damaged with windshields and back windows shattered. Crops were damaged, though most were expected to rebound as the plants were young enough to do so.
June 2015HailHarvey$750,000Hail was accompanied by wind gusts up to 60 mph. Damage was extensive to buildings and at an automobile dealership on the south side of Harvey. There was also crop damage.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHarvey$200,000Very strong winds associated with a severe thunderstorm damaged a building at the Harvey airport and also blew over numerous trees and some power lines. Other structural damage was also sustained in and around the Harvey area.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHarvey$80,000Three grain bins became dislodged and blew around the farm yard. One became wedged against the house.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindHarvey$60,000A well constructed wooden barn that was recently built was destroyed. Other farm buildings were damaged. A grain auger was toppled, and a large spruce tree was uprooted.
June 2018HailHarvey$40,000There was damage to the gutters, siding, and roof of the home and other farm buildings. Crop damage was minimal as there was no wind with the hail.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHarvey$35,000Severe thunderstorm winds resulted in a steel roof being blown off of a farm outbuilding and damage to fence posts.
August 2008Flash FloodHarvey$25,000Up to five inches of rain caused street flooding and blocked underpasses in the city of Harvey. In low spots in the city water was flowing through yards and into basements. The water had receded by around 1 AM CDT.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHarvey$20,000A grain bin was dislodged and blown into the surrounding bins. Canola crop was pushed down by the strong winds.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHarvey$20,000Numerous tree branches were reported blown down by severe thunderstorm winds in Harvey.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindHarvey$10,000Numerous trees and branches were reported down. The winds were accompanied by pea sized hail.
June 2007HailHarvey$5,000Damage to corn and soybeans on a farm 5 miles north-northeast of Harvey.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHarvey$3,000Large tree branches were down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHarvey$2,000Small tree limbs were broken.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHarvey-This was a public report of strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHarvey-Strong winds were reported.
August 2009HailHarvey-Damage was reported to a sunflower field near Harvey.
July 2000HailHarvey-Crop damage reported.
August 2000LightningHarvey-Lightning started a fire which engulfed a furniture store.
August 2024HailHarvey-no account filed
July 2024Funnel CloudHarvey-no account filed
June 2023HailHarvey-no account filed
June 2023HailHarvey-no account filed
June 2022HailHarvey-no account filed
August 2021HailHarvey-no account filed
July 2019HailHarvey-no account filed
June 2018HailHarvey-no account filed
June 2018Funnel CloudHarvey-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHarvey-no account filed
July 2016HailHarvey-no account filed
June 2008HailHarvey-no account filed
July 2008HailHarvey-no account filed
June 2007HailHarvey-no account filed
August 2007HailHarvey-no account filed
June 2007HailHarvey-no account filed
June 2004HailHarvey-no account filed
June 2004Tornado (F0)Harvey-no account filed
June 2004HailHarvey-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindHarvey-no account filed
July 2001HailHarvey-no account filed
August 2001HailHarvey-no account filed
August 2000HailHarvey-no account filed
July 2000HailHarvey-no account filed
July 2000HailHarvey-no account filed
July 1999HailHarvey-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindHarvey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wells 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
Wellsburg10.2 miles10
Manfred11.2 miles10
Heimdal15.5 miles10
Fessenden18.2 miles10
Hurdsfield22.2 miles7
Hamberg22.3 miles10
Chaseley22.9 miles7
Bowdon24.0 miles8

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 HarveyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q639259The 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 1029328. 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.