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Hettinger, North Dakota

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Hettinger City. It lies in ZIP code area 58639. The Survey maps it on the Hettinger North quadrangle. 1,074 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,697 feet above sea level.

Hettinger within Adams County

On record in Hettinger

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

Hettinger fell from 1,226 to 1,074 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
20101,226
20201,074-152 (-12%)

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

14 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Hettinger between 2005 and 2016, burning about 41 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
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
2 September 2005Natural3.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service4 MILE FIRE
5 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceSLOGAN FIRE
29 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceCHRISTMAN FIRE
8 July 2016Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceEVENSON FIRE
24 July 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceSOLARIS
16 July 2015Equipment and vehicle use20 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMEYER
26 June 2016Smoking1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceCOUNTRY CLUB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Storms near this place

60 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hettinger in 64 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 31 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 lightning. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
July 2005HailHettinger3 hurt, $7,000,000Golfball to baseball size hail combined with 50 mph winds caused extensive damage to homes and vehicles. One hundred (100) vehicles at an automoble dealership sustained heavy damage. Two (2) persons were treated for minor cuts, abrasions and bruises at the Hettinger hospital as a result of the hail storm. A third person sustained minor cuts when the windows of her car were broken by the hail.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHettinger$1,000,000Extensive thunderstorm wind damage occurred in and around the city of Hettinger. About three miles west of Hettinger, multiple hopper-style grain bins blew over, damaging other grain bins nearby. About two miles south of Hettinger, a shop building was severely damage, with two of the four walls collapsed and the roof completely removed. Within the city of Hettinger, many campers and trailers were rolled onto their side, and multiple trees were down. Power lines were also down in various locations due to both the strong winds and trees falling on the lines.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHettinger$325,000Producers reported a 35 to 50 percent loss of yield for 325,395 acres during the storm.
July 2025HailHettinger$250,000Multiple vehicles were severely dented and roofs were damaged.
June 2009HailHettinger$50,000Quarter to golf ball size hail fell for several minutes over Hettinger.
June 2010Tornado (EF1)Hettinger$25,000This tornado formed just outside of the city of Hettinger, crossed Mirror Lake, where it picked up water, and came into the city on the south side. Tree branches were broken, windows were broken on an apartment building, and an automobile was damaged. The front passenger side of an automobile with two occupants was lifted off the ground a few inches and dropped back down. The occupants saw the narrow tornado spin up the street at them and then lift as it got overhead. They were shook up but no one was injured. Based on the damage done the tornado was rated low end EF1. From that it was determined that the wind speeds were around 90 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHettinger$15,000The strong thunderstorm winds resulted in minor tree damage in Hettinger, along with minor damage to one home.
June 2016HailHettinger$15,000no account filed
June 2007FloodHettinger$10,000Heavy rain over a few day period led to water running over some county roads. Newspaper articles indicated the water was not significantly deep. Low water was running across farm roads and fields.
June 1998LightningHettinger$10,000The Hillcrest Care Center received damage to ovens, paging system, air conditioner control, burglar alarm, and television set.
July 1994HailHettinger$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindHettinger$5,000no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHettinger-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by the public.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHettinger-Law enforcement in Hettinger reported strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHettinger-There were no damage reports.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHettinger-This was an Automatic Weather Data Network (AWDN) observation.
July 2002HailHettinger-Rainfall from the storm totaled 2.25 inches.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindHettinger-Damage ranged from broken windows and numerous small trees down. A barn just outside of Hettinger was destroyed by the wind.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Hettinger-Briefly touched down in open country.
July 2000HailHettinger-Hail damage to vehicles and equipment at a pipeline work site.
August 2000LightningHettinger-Lightning caused several fires in the county. Rainfall put out most of the fires.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindHettinger-64 MPH WIND
June 2022HailHettinger-no account filed
July 2020HailHettinger-no account filed
August 2020HailHettinger-no account filed
August 2018HailHettinger-no account filed
August 2018HailHettinger-no account filed
June 2018HailHettinger-no account filed
June 2018HailHettinger-no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHettinger-no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHettinger-no account filed
May 2013HailHettinger-no account filed
May 2013HailHettinger-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHettinger-no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHettinger-no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHettinger-no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHettinger-no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindHettinger-no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindHettinger-no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindHettinger-no account filed
July 2010HailHettinger-no account filed
June 2009Funnel CloudHettinger-no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHettinger-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHettinger-no account filed
May 2007HailHettinger-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHettinger-no account filed
July 2007HailHettinger-no account filed
June 2005Funnel CloudHettinger-no account filed
June 2005HailHettinger-no account filed
July 2005HailHettinger-no account filed
March 2004HailHettinger-no account filed
July 2002HailHettinger-no account filed
June 2002HailHettinger-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindHettinger-no account filed
June 2001HailHettinger-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHettinger-no account filed
May 2000HailHettinger-no account filed
July 2000HailHettinger-no account filed
June 1999HailHettinger-no account filed
August 1998HailHettinger-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Adams 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
Haynes9.0 miles7
Bucyrus9.1 miles4
Reeder17.9 miles5
Petrel19.4 miles7
North Lemmon25.7 miles6

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 HettingerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28444The 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 1029423. 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.