Hatton, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Garfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58240. The Survey maps it on the Hatton quadrangle. 712 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.
On record in Hatton
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
Carl Ben Eielson Houselisted 1977- Andres O. Ness Houselisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresHatton fell from 777 to 712 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 | 777 | |
| 2020 | 712 | -65 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Hatton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
34 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hatton in 34 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 13 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | $30,000 | The wind knocked down many large tree branches. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | $20,000 | A fifteen inch diameter tree was blown down by the wind gust. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Hatton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Flood | Hatton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | $500 | Branches were blown down. |
| August 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Hatton | - | This tornado developed about 2.8 miles east of Hatton and tracked northeast. It damaged a farmstead where the garage door of large shed was torn off, a tree was uprooted, and numerous large branches were broken. Numerous large tree branches snapped and uprooted along path as it tracked northeast crossed multiple shelterbelts. Time estimated from KVX radar. TDS observed on radar. Sentinel-2 high resolution satellite imagery reveals crop damage along the path. Maximum wind speed is estimated at 104 mph based on the tree damage. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Hatton | - | A report of 1-inch hail was received via social media. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Hatton | - | This corrects the previous hail report from Hatton. Quarter-sized hail in Hatton was reported via social media. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Hatton | - | Reported by local broadcast media. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | Received a public report of a 60 to 70 mph wind gust. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | Large branches were blown down and one large spruce tree was snapped in shelterbelts across southern Garfield Township. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Hatton | - | Very strong winds accompanied the hail. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | A large tree was toppled, narrowly missing a house. A power pole was also snapped. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Hatton | - | This tornado began in Steele County, about two miles west-southwest of Hatton at 1159 am CST. This tornado was viewed by the Grand Forks Air Traffic Control Tower for nearly 11 minutes, and was initially estimated as being 7 miles southwest of the Grand Forks airport. The tornado had a dramatic dust swirl which was captured on video and photos. Some ground scarring was evident, otherwise no damage was detected. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Hatton | - | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | Widespread tree damage occurred throughout Newburgh and Garfield townships in northeast Steele County. At one homestead north of Hatton, several poplar trees were snapped and a patio cover was torn off a house and demolished. Tree damage continued into adjacent townships in Grand Forks and Traill counties. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | Tree damage was reported. Some of the branches took down power lines as they fell. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | Several large tree branches were knocked down in a shelterbelt. Portions of a ripe bean field were flattened. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | Large branches were blown down. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Hatton | - | Intermittent touchdowns occurred in northwest Traill county, from the Steele county line northwest of Hatton to the Grand Forks county line northeast of Hatton. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Hatton | - | The tornado tracked about a mile and damaged several trees. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Flood | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hatton | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Hatton | - | 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 Hatton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2286940 | 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 1029336. 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.
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.




