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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.

Marion within LaMoure County

Population over time

2 figures

Marion 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.

YearPeople Change
2010133
2020125-8 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2017

Regional 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 use1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
31 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service90318
26 July 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution15 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service10248
11 April 2020Smoking5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Every fire recorded in LaMoure County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMarion$1,000,000Thunderstorm 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 2021Flash FloodMarion$400,000Over 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 1996Thunderstorm WindMarion$80,000no account filed
September 2017Thunderstorm WindMarion$30,000Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew the roof off of a machine shed.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMarion$8,000Strong thunderstorm winds caused a small storage building under construction to collapse.
July 2023Tornado (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 2006Tornado (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 2004HailMarion-Small hail covered the ground. Reported by a NWS cooperative observer.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMarion-Several farm buildings either damaged or destroyed.
August 2001HailMarion-Pea to dime size hail accumulated 6 to 12 inches deep and caused damage to crops.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindMarion-Numerous branches down and power outage.
August 1999Tornado (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 2024Thunderstorm WindMarion-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMarion-no account filed
July 2022HailMarion-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMarion-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMarion-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMarion-no account filed
August 2015HailMarion-no account filed
August 2011HailMarion-no account filed
June 2007HailMarion-no account filed
July 2004Tornado (F0)Marion-no account filed
May 2001HailMarion-no account filed
June 2001HailMarion-no account filed
July 1995Tornado (F0)Marion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in LaMoure County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Dickey8.7 miles10
Saratoga Springs (historical)9.4 miles10
Benson Corner10.9 miles11
Grand Rapids11.4 miles12
Adrian11.7 miles10
LaMoure17.4 miles13
Berlin17.8 miles12
Fairview Colony18.8 miles12

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 MarionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2143788The 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.