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Hazen, North Dakota

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1968. It stands in the East Mercer unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58545. It stands on Brady Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hazen East quadrangle. 2,281 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,742 feet above sea level.

Hazen within Mercer County

On record in Hazen

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

Hazen fell from 2,411 to 2,281 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
20102,411
20202,281-130 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 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

24 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Hazen between 2012 and 2020, burning about 1,027 acres in total. 4 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
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
1 September 2017Natural1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceTREE ROW
15 August 2016Natural2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service544 CTY RD 9
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceRDO FIRE
3 July 2016Natural1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service592 CTY RD 27
26 July 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service125 9TH AVE SW
18 July 2017Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service621 3RD AVE NW
17 July 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceCTY RD 27 1 M S HAZEN
11 July 2017Smoking1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service5240 CO. RD 20

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mercer County

Storms near this place

54 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hazen in 54 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 25 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHazen$150,000Multiple hopper-style grain bins were blown over, with another bin damage. A wooden structure was also damaged.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHazen$100,000Numerous trees were down in Hazen.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHazen$100,000A camper trailer was turned over on its side. House siding was torn off and road signs were flattened.
July 2008HailHazen$30,000A swath of quarter to golf ball size hail fell south to north across the city of Hazen. Some property damage was reported, but there were no specifics.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHazen$20,000Tree damage occurred in the city of Hazen.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHazen$10,000Large hail accompanied the strong winds. Trees were snapped and branches broken.
July 2005LightningHazen$5,000Home struck by lightning. Blew out the TV, VCR, and telephone. Plaster in the bathroom was knocked off the walls. An electircal outlet on the outside of the home had the cover on it blown off and thrown 15 feet. The plug outlet was no longer usable.
May 2023HailHazen-NWS had no reports of damage.
July 2019Tornado (EF0)Hazen-The tornado touched down north of Hazen, and based on the very minor damage that occurred was rated EF-0.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHazen-Pea size hail accompanied the strong winds.
June 2008HailHazen-No report of damage was received from this event.
June 2008HailHazen-Up to quarter size hail was reported across the Hazen area.
May 2007Funnel CloudHazen-Public reports from a distance indicated that this was a tornado, however, a Mercer County Sheriff's Deputy very near reported that this funnel cloud was short lived and did not touch the ground.
August 2005HailHazen-Also had nearly an inch of rain in 15 minutes prior to the hail.
August 2002Flash FloodHazen-County roads washed out and rutted from flood waters.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
August 2023HailHazen-no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
May 2022HailHazen-no account filed
May 2022HailHazen-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
August 2021HailHazen-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
August 2019HailHazen-no account filed
July 2017HailHazen-no account filed
August 2016HailHazen-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
July 2014HailHazen-no account filed
September 2014HailHazen-no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
June 2012HailHazen-no account filed
August 2012HailHazen-no account filed
August 2012Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
July 2011HailHazen-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
August 2006HailHazen-no account filed
June 2005HailHazen-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
July 2005HailHazen-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
June 2002HailHazen-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHazen-no account filed
June 2000HailHazen-no account filed
July 1996HailHazen-no account filed
July 1994HailHazen-no account filed
July 1994HailHazen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mercer 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
Truax4.6 miles6
Beulah8.5 miles6
Stanton12.9 miles8
Knife River Village (historical)13.5 miles8
Zap15.9 miles5
Pick City17.4 miles7
Golden Valley23.4 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 HazenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1999162The 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 1029361. 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.