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.
Population over time
2 figuresKindred 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 692 | |
| 2020 | 889 | +197 (+28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1895 USGS Casselton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Casselton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Kindred quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Casselton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
4 since 2017Regional 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 burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 June 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 5530 CO RD 26 |
| 2 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DAVENPORT DAYS FIRE |
| 27 May 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MCFARLAND |
| 15 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | RRVWRR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Flood | Kindred | $951,000 | Kindred - 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 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Kindred | $50,000 | This 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kindred | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kindred | $20,000 | Several large cottonwood tree limbs were knocked down in a shelter belt along the Richland County line. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Kindred | - | Tornado scar evident via high resolution satellite. |
| May 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Kindred | - | Trained Spotter reports 2 funnel clouds between Walcott and Kindred. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kindred | - | Social media report of several tree limbs down. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kindred | - | Ten large oak trees were blown down. |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Kindred | - | The funnel cloud was located one mile west of the intersection of county highway 17 and state highway 46. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kindred | - | Many trees were uprooted or snapped off. Several roads and city streets were blocked by fallen trees. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (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 2005 | Tornado (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 2001 | Flash Flood | Kindred | - | One to 1.50 inches of rain fell from Kindred to Horace, flooding some rural roads. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Kindred | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Kindred | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Kindred | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Kindred | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | Kindred | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Kindred | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Kindred | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Kindred | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Kindred | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Kindred | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Kindred | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Kindred | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Kindred | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Kindred | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Kindred | - | 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.
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 Kindred | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2447003 | 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 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.






