Huff, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the East Morton unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58554. The Survey maps it on the Huff quadrangle.
On record in Huff
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 1 record
Huff State Historic Site (32MO11)National Historic Landmark · listed 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1907 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Huff quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Huff between 2002 and 2018, burning about 11,307 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2004 | Natural | 450 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DESERT |
| 30 July 2005 | Natural | 4.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 2 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RIFLE RANGE |
| 2 July 2016 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | HARMON LAKE |
| 25 June 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2017-295 |
| 22 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 1804 FIRE |
| 20 June 2002 | Natural | 2,554 acres | Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge | BISRURAL 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huff in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huff | $100,000 | Large hail accompanied the strong thunderstorm winds with damage to structures and crops. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Huff | $45,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds accompanied the large hail and broke windows and damaged vehicles and equipment. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huff | $30,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds resulted in a barn roof being blown off and carried 200 yards. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huff | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted two foot in diameter oak trees near Huff. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huff | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huff | - | Large hail accompanied the strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Huff | - | Strong thunderstorm winds accompanied the large hail. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Huff | - | The large hail was accompanied by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huff | - | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Hail | Huff | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Huff | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Huff | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Huff | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Huff | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Huff | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Rice | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Schmidt | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Anthony | 13.9 miles | 7 | |
| Lynwood | 13.9 miles | 7 | |
| On-a-Slant Village (historical) | 14.3 miles | 11 | |
| Twin City Estates | 17.0 miles | 11 | |
| Frontier Homesteads | 18.3 miles | 11 | |
| Meadow Park | 18.4 miles | 10 |
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 Huff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5929452 | 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 1029567. 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.




