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Hazelton, North Dakota

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Hazelton City. It lies in ZIP code area 58544. The Survey maps it on the Hazelton quadrangle. 223 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,991 feet above sea level.

Hazelton within Emmons County

Population over time

2 figures

Hazelton fell from 235 to 223 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
2010235
2020223-12 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hazelton between 2002 and 2006, burning about 606 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
29 June 2002Natural6.0 acresLong Lake National Wildlife RefugeKURTZ WPA
21 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined600 acresNorth Dakota Dispatch CenterEMMONS

Every fire recorded in Emmons County

Storms near this place

57 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hazelton in 57 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 28 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2001Tornado (F1)Hazelton1 hurtDrivers along Highway 83 witness a vehicle drive into the path of the tornado. The vehicle was thrown into the ditch injuring the driver. Other damage by the tornado includes four power lines down along highway 83. Tops of evergreen tree's snapped off. The damage was also verified by a storm chase team.
March 2009FloodHazelton$748,000Beaver creek at Linton flooded due to snow melt from heavy rain, and ice jams just west of Linton. Overland flooding damaged state, county and township roads. Seventy three homes were flooded. Flooding continued into April.
April 2009FloodHazelton$300,000A second round of overland flooding and flooding along Beaver Creek resulted in additional damages to several county and local roads, and to numerous homes in and around Linton.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindHazelton$200,000Extensive wind damage occurred from Badger Bay to just north of the Hazelton Recreational Area. At Badger Bay, a 5th wheel camper was tipped over. About five miles north of Badger Bay an unoccupied mobile home was tipped over, rolled, and destroyed. To the north of Hazelton Recreation Area, a pole barn and several smaller sheds were destroyed. Debris was blown 1/4 mile to the northeast.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHazelton$150,000Winds were measured with a home anemometer near Hazelton. Extensive tree damage occurred in Hazelton, with three to six inch in diameter branches blown off of trees. A gas station on the west side of Hazelton sustained damage to the canopy over the gas pumps.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHazelton$50,000Several branches and a few trees down. Power also was lost.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHazelton$45,000Strong thunderstorm winds damaged a roof and deck, and destroyed a shed.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHazelton$20,000The intense thunderstorm winds resulted in damage to tree branches in Hazelton, along with minor damage to one home.
July 2010HailHazelton$20,000Broken windows resulted from the large hail.
May 1996HailHazelton$12,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHazelton$5,000Some large branches broke down in Hazelton.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHazelton$5,000Lawn furniture was damaged.
June 2006HailHazelton$1,000Golfball size hail broke windows out in a farmhouse.
May 1996HailHazelton$1,000no account filed
September 2025Tornado (EFU)Hazelton-The tornado touched down in an open area along the Missouri River northwest of Hazelton and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown).
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHazelton-The thunderstorm wind gusts combined with small hail to cause crop damage.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHazelton-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph were estimated by a trained spotter.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHazelton-A severe thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 miles per hour was reported.
June 2011Heavy RainHazelton-A report of 1.83 inches of rain in 20 minutes was received.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHazelton-No damage was reported with the strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2008Funnel CloudHazelton-The public reported this brief funnel cloud.
June 2003HailHazelton-The storm wiped out 1,175 acres of crop from various sizes of hail ranging from pea to golfball.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindHazelton-Major damage to homes and businesses in the Hazelton area due to high winds and fallen tree's. One 25,000-bushel grain bin, five 5,000-bushel grain bins, four stor-all-bins and a fertilizer storage bin were destroyed. The wind and hail destroyed or damaged numerous barns, pole buildings, farm homes, crops and hay land in rural areas. High winds downed power lines and overturned one car.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindHazelton-Several tree's uprooted. Pea to marble size hail accompanied the storm.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindHazelton-Major damage to a barn.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHazelton-Cooperative observer reported numerous branches down.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Hazelton-no damage reported.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHazelton-Numerous trees down. Power out.
July 1998HailHazelton-Sixty percent of 24,000 acres of crops were damaged by hail and 55 mph wind as reported by the Farm Service agency.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHazelton-no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHazelton-no account filed
July 2025HailHazelton-no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHazelton-no account filed
July 2022HailHazelton-no account filed
July 2022HailHazelton-no account filed
July 2022HailHazelton-no account filed
July 2022HailHazelton-no account filed
May 2019HailHazelton-no account filed
May 2019HailHazelton-no account filed
May 2019HailHazelton-no account filed
May 2019HailHazelton-no account filed
June 2018HailHazelton-no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHazelton-no account filed
June 2010HailHazelton-no account filed
June 2010HailHazelton-no account filed
June 2010HailHazelton-no account filed
July 2010HailHazelton-no account filed
July 2010HailHazelton-no account filed
May 2009HailHazelton-no account filed
July 2003HailHazelton-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindHazelton-no account filed
June 2001HailHazelton-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHazelton-no account filed
June 1999HailHazelton-no account filed
July 1996HailHazelton-no account filed
May 1995HailHazelton-no account filed
May 1995HailHazelton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Emmons 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
Dana6.8 miles5
Temvik8.0 miles5
Braddock11.4 miles5
Livona14.2 miles8
Linton15.2 miles5
Kintyre18.1 miles6
Strasburg25.0 miles5
Grassna27.4 miles5

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 HazeltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2398937The 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 1029360. 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.