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Hillsboro, North Dakota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hillsboro City. It lies in ZIP code area 58045. The Survey maps it on the Hillsboro quadrangle. 1,649 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 906 feet above sea level.

Hillsboro within Traill County

On record in Hillsboro

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Hillsboro grew from 1,603 to 1,649 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
20101,603
20201,649+46 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hillsboro in 2012, burning about 30 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
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
21 June 2012Debris and open burning30 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceLEINING FARMSTEAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Traill County

Storms near this place

49 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillsboro in 49 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 21 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 6 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2001Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$1,000,000A Davis system measured a 110 mph wind gust with sustained winds at 100 mph. 2,400 trees were blown down along with 23 miles of powerline. 27 National Guard members were called in to help the community. Road and business signs were folded over by the wind and some windows in town were blown in. 25 percent of the 200 homes in town were damaged. The courthouse dome was damaged and the local government communications tower was blown over. A 12x40 foot warehouse was blown down with its contents scattered. Minor damage occurred to 2 motorhomes in the city's westside RV park and campground. Several semi trucks were flipped over along Interstate 29 on the west edge of town.
September 2019Flash FloodHillsboro$250,000Streets, low spots, rivers, and basements were flooded by 4 to 9 inches of rain over a short duration of time. Cars that got stuck in the flood waters were abandoned where they stalled. Farm fields and access roads were also flooded.
July 2007HailHillsboro$200,000The Traill County Sheriff reported driving rain and large hail just west of Interstate 29 near Hillsboro. Strong wind gusts also uprooted a few trees and blew a door off a grain elevator. Crop damage also occurred across portions of Norway, Bloomfield, and Hillsboro Townships.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$150,0004 grain bins were destroyed, spilling 200,000 bushels of barley over U.S. Highway 81. The highway was closed to traffic until the grain could be moved.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$100,000Two tractor-trailer rigs were blown Interstate 29 between mile posts 93 and 94.
April 2022Flash FloodHillsboro$50,000Streets flooded to more than a foot deep at several intersections.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$50,000Strong winds blew apart baseball dugouts and damaged fencing at the baseball complex.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$20,0007 railroad cars were tipped over at the sugarbeet plant.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$20,000A crop dusting operation was damaged by the strong wind. One airplane sustained major damage.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$15,000A church, built in the 1880s, lost its steeple to the strong wind.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$10,000Trees were blown down in Hillsboro and a section of fence was snapped in two. A storage shed at the local golf course was also blown over.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$5,000Trees and power lines were downed, knocking out power to 2882 customers.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-Media Broadcaster reports broken branches of 5 inch diameter in Hillsboro.
April 2023FloodHillsboro-Hillsboro, on the Goose River. Crested at 13.65 ft, on April 20th at 23:30.
September 2020Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-Multiple 4 to 6 inch diameter branches were blown down in Hillsboro.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-The awning was twisted at a gas station.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-Tree branches were blown down around town, with some falling and breaking power lines.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-Several trees were blown down.
July 2016HailHillsboro-The large hail damaged the windshields on vehicles.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-Several trees were blown down with scattered power outages around town.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-Numerous three to six inch diameter tree branches were blown down. Power outages were also reported in the Hillsboro area.
August 2011HailHillsboro-Pea to dime sized hail fell southwest of Hillsboro.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-Several 10 inch diameter trees were split by strong winds.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-Several large limbs were blown down in a shelterbelt.
July 2008Heavy RainHillsboro-Wind driven rains produced localized street flooding and basement seepage in homes.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Hillsboro-A tornado briefly touched down in a field.
June 2005Flash FloodHillsboro-Street flooding occurred all over Hillsboro. Water pooled in yards and seeped into basements.
August 2005HailHillsboro-The hail fell along the Traill/Cass county line near the Red River, before crossing into Norman county.
July 2005LightningHillsboro-Lightning struck a tree on the grounds of the Plummer House. Pieces of the tree were found up to a block away.
July 2002Flash FloodHillsboro-Rushing water washed out a culvert and a portion of railroad tracks north of Hillsboro. An alert farmer called 911 and stopped the next Amtrak train leaving Grand Forks and going southbound. The rail line was closed for 24 hours while the spot was repaired.
July 2002Flash FloodHillsboro-Street and basement flooding was reported along with some sewer backup. Some cars were stranded on city streets. Portions of 20 county roads were closed due to flooding.
May 2001Flash FloodHillsboro-2 to 2.50 inches of rain fell quickly, flooding Loyal Avenue in Hillsboro. Fire trucks were called out to pump out the excess water. Nearby, two culverts and portions of a road were washed out, leaving one farm family without access to their farm.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-An 87 knot wind was reported from a personal weather station. A metal building was destroyed and trees and power lines were downed.
April 2022HailHillsboro-no account filed
July 2017HailHillsboro-no account filed
June 2014HailHillsboro-no account filed
June 2014HailHillsboro-no account filed
June 2006HailHillsboro-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed
June 2005HailHillsboro-no account filed
September 2005HailHillsboro-no account filed
June 2004HailHillsboro-no account filed
August 2002HailHillsboro-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed
September 2001HailHillsboro-no account filed
August 2001HailHillsboro-no account filed
August 2001HailHillsboro-no account filed
August 2000HailHillsboro-no account filed
June 1998Funnel CloudHillsboro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Traill 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
Alton3.4 miles11
Taft3.6 miles12
Kelso5.8 miles11
Cummings7.7 miles8
Blanchard9.3 miles10
Caledonia10.1 miles9
Preston10.4 miles10
Murray11.5 miles9

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 HillsboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1075622The 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 1029457. 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.