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Kindred, North Dakota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Kindred City. It lies in ZIP code area 58051. The Survey maps it on the Kindred quadrangle. 889 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 945 feet above sea level.

Kindred within Cass County

Population over time

2 figures

Kindred grew from 692 to 889 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
2010692
2020889+197 (+28%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Kindred between 2017 and 2019, burning about 14 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
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
8 June 2019Natural3.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service5530 CO RD 26
2 June 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceDAVENPORT DAYS FIRE
27 May 2019Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMCFARLAND
15 May 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceRRVWRR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

28 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kindred in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 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
April 2023FloodKindred$951,000Kindred - Sheyenne River - Crest of 20.06 ft occurred on 4/22.|NOTE: Damages dollar amount is for the entire county. Not separated by specific river basin or damage type.
May 2011Tornado (EF2)Kindred$50,000This tornado originated in Richland County about four miles north of Walcott at 846 pm CDT. The tornado was likely enshrouded in downburst winds and heavy rains. The tornado crossed North Dakota highway 46 and continued to break down several single and double pole wooden power towers in southwest Pleasant township. Peak winds were estimated at 120 mph.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindKindred$50,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindKindred$20,000Several large cottonwood tree limbs were knocked down in a shelter belt along the Richland County line.
June 2025Tornado (EF0)Kindred-Tornado scar evident via high resolution satellite.
May 2024Funnel CloudKindred-Trained Spotter reports 2 funnel clouds between Walcott and Kindred.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindKindred-Social media report of several tree limbs down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindKindred-Ten large oak trees were blown down.
July 2010Funnel CloudKindred-The funnel cloud was located one mile west of the intersection of county highway 17 and state highway 46.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindKindred-Many trees were uprooted or snapped off. Several roads and city streets were blocked by fallen trees.
May 2005Tornado (F0)Kindred-A large and persistent wall cloud with pendant funnel produced a brief touchdown near the Cass-Richland county line. A dust plume was generated as the tornado touched down in an open field. The tornado tracked into Richland county.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Kindred-This tornado originated 4 miles north-northwest of Walcott in Richland county. A tornado and rising dust plume were seen, but no damage was reported.
April 2001Flash FloodKindred-One to 1.50 inches of rain fell from Kindred to Horace, flooding some rural roads.
July 2022HailKindred-no account filed
September 2019HailKindred-no account filed
June 2018HailKindred-no account filed
June 2018HailKindred-no account filed
September 2014HailKindred-no account filed
July 2012HailKindred-no account filed
May 2005HailKindred-no account filed
May 2005HailKindred-no account filed
August 2005HailKindred-no account filed
July 2004HailKindred-no account filed
August 2002HailKindred-no account filed
July 2001HailKindred-no account filed
September 2000HailKindred-no account filed
June 1999HailKindred-no account filed
July 1999HailKindred-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Norman4.0 miles23
Davenport5.3 miles11
Warren5.4 miles11
Woods9.4 miles11
Horace9.7 miles24
Saint Benedict10.7 miles24
Hickson11.0 miles24
Oxbow11.1 miles24

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 KindredAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2447003The 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 1029743. 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.