Marion, North Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marion City. It lies in ZIP code area 58466. The Survey maps it on the Marion quadrangle. 125 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,463 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMarion fell from 133 to 125 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 | 133 | |
| 2020 | 125 | -8 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1897 USGS Eckelson quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Marion quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Marion between 2017 and 2020, burning about 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 90318 |
| 26 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 10248 |
| 11 April 2020 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Storms near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marion in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 5 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $1,000,000 | Thunderstorm winds in the Marion area caused extensive damage, especially to the grain handling complex in the city of Marion. Two large steel grain bins became detached from their footings, with one moving about 100 yards. The top of the grain elevator which contained the distribution portion of the grain moving legs was blown off. Multiple roofs were damage, spruce trees were uprooted, and power lines broken. The loss of power led to a secondary impact with sump pumps shutting down and basements taking on water. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Marion | $400,000 | Over six inches of rain fell over parts of northeast LaMoure County, with unconfirmed reports of ten inches near Marion. This led to flooding in the city of Marion, with water flowing over roads and up to homes. County roads were also flooded, with water flowing over causing extensive damage. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $80,000 | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $30,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew the roof off of a machine shed. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $8,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds caused a small storage building under construction to collapse. |
| July 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Marion | - | The tornado touched down in an open field southeast of Marion and impacted no structures. There was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF Unknown. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Marion | - | Public reported the tornado in a field. No damage as the tornado turned in the field striking no objects other than the ground. The report was that the tornado completely lifted back into the thunderstorm (cumulonimbus) cloud. A seperate tornado formed in the same area of LaMoure County 19 minutes later. See StormData Tornado entry from 1504 CST April 28, 2006 for LaMoure County. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Marion | - | Small hail covered the ground. Reported by a NWS cooperative observer. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | Several farm buildings either damaged or destroyed. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Marion | - | Pea to dime size hail accumulated 6 to 12 inches deep and caused damage to crops. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | Numerous branches down and power outage. |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F2) | Marion | - | The storm survey was completed by NWS Grand Forks. The tornado started in Barnes county 1.5 miles southwest of Litchville, moved across far northeast LaMoure county, and dissipated in Ransom county 6 miles north of Lisbon. The total path length was 20 miles. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Marion | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Marion | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dickey | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Saratoga Springs (historical) | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Benson Corner | 10.9 miles | 11 | |
| Grand Rapids | 11.4 miles | 12 | |
| Adrian | 11.7 miles | 10 | |
| LaMoure | 17.4 miles | 13 | |
| Berlin | 17.8 miles | 12 | |
| Fairview Colony | 18.8 miles | 12 |
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 Marion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2143788 | 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 1033654. 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.




