Knox, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Knox Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58343. The Survey maps it on the Knox quadrangle. 22 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,601 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKnox fell from 25 to 22 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 | 25 | |
| 2020 | 22 | -3 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Knox quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Knox between 2015 and 2017, burning about 14 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 burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | FOLLMAN FIRE |
| 11 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | TOFTE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Knox: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clairmont Const Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knox in 15 storm reports between 2000 and 2019: 10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Knox | $200,000 | This tornado and corresponding rear flank downdraft wind produced widespread dust, which greatly reduced the visibility. Numerous ash, poplar, cottonwood, and evergreen trees were snapped or uprooted in shelterbelts and groves along its path. Peak winds of 119 mph were measured by a mobile system. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Knox | - | Strong winds and torrential rain accompanied the hail. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | A few four to six inch diameter tree branches were blown down in shelterbelts across northern Knox Township. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Knox | - | Pea to nickel sized hail fell. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | Several large tree limbs were broken down and a few tall evergreen trees were snapped around Knox. The grain elevator doors were also blown off. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knox | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Knox | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Knox | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Knox | - | 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 Knox | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2169223 | 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 1029759. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.



