Manvel, North Dakota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Manvel City. It lies in ZIP code area 58256. The Survey maps it on the Manvel quadrangle. 377 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 820 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresManvel grew from 360 to 377 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 | 360 | |
| 2020 | 377 | +17 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Manvel quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grafton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Manvel in 2020, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | FIRE GRASS/BRUSH |
| 3 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | FIRE CONTROLLED BURN |
Storms near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manvel in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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 2002 | Wildfire | Manvel | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Manvel | $50,000 | Streets and rural roads were flooded in and around Manvel. Fields, farmstead and homestead access roads were flooded in northern Ferry and Turtle River townships. The water lapped at garage doors and house foundations at some locations. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manvel | $10,000 | A large piece of metal sheet roofing from a neighbor's machine shed was torn off and hit the house, causing minor damage. An enclosed trailer was moved about ten feet and two trees were uprooted. |
| March 2010 | Flash Flood | Manvel | $5,000 | Water rose rapidly near Manvel due to a downstream ice jam and backwater on the Turtle River. Water rose over three feet and threatened homes nearest the river, with some homes requiring emergency sandbag protection. Breakout flows from the river also flooded the golf course and overtopped highway 33 to the west of town. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Manvel | - | Received a public report of hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Manvel | - | A trained spotter called in a report of 1 inch hail. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manvel | - | Peak wind was measured at a personal weather station. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Manvel | - | Hail and very strong winds were reported. Numerous 3 to 5 inch tree branches were broken down in the area. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Manvel | - | A trained spotter reported very heavy rain, along with nickel to quarter-sized hail. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Manvel | - | Street flooding occurred after 3.50 inches of rain fell. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manvel | - | Several large branches were blown down. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Manvel | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell with 60 mph wind gusts. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manvel | - | A tree was uprooted along Interstate 29, near mile marker 149. |
| July 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Manvel | - | This tornado was observed and reported by spotters located near Manvel and along highway 81 and county road 1, about 6 miles northwest of Manvel. The tornado crossed Interstate 29 just south of exit 157. The tornado broke down large tree branches at multiple shelterbelts and groves along its path. Peak winds were estimated at 75 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manvel | - | A sheet metal structure was demolished. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manvel | - | Large tree branches were blown down in a shelterbelt. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Manvel | - | A tornado briefly touched down in an open field. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manvel | - | A 14 inch diameter elm tree was snapped off near ground level by the strong wind. The tree was located near the west edge of the Manvel golf course. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Manvel | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Manvel | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Manvel | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Manvel | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Manvel | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Manvel | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Manvel | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Manvel | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Manvel | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Manvel | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manvel | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| North Grand Forks | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Mekinock | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Powell | 10.9 miles | 13 | |
| Calspur | 11.0 miles | 16 | |
| Ojata (historical) | 12.1 miles | 16 | |
| Grand Forks | 13.0 miles | 16 | |
| Emerado | 14.8 miles | 16 |
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 Manvel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1879980 | 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 1030090. 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.





