Manitou, North Dakota
4 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Manitou Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58776. The Survey maps it on the Manitou quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 4 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 Williston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Williston quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Manitou quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Manitou between 2005 and 2019, burning about 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MM 80 |
| 5 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MANITOU NORTH |
| 17 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BARSTAD FIRE |
| 4 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | BELIK FIRE |
| 30 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | DITCH |
| 9 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MANITOU FIRE |
| 26 June 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 29 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MM 78 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manitou in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitou | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by the Emergency Manager. |
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Manitou | - | This tornado touched down in rural Mountrail County. It impacted no structures and so there were no reports of damage. It was rated EF0. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitou | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Manitou | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Manitou | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Manitou | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross | 5.0 miles | 4 | |
| White Earth | 8.0 miles | 4 | |
| Stanley | 13.1 miles | 5 | |
| Lunds Valley | 13.2 miles | 5 | |
| Wassaic | 14.6 miles | 4 | |
| Lostwood | 15.0 miles | 4 | |
| Belden | 19.3 miles | 4 | |
| Palermo | 21.6 miles | 4 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1030084. 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.


