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Marmarth, North Dakota

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Marmarth City. It lies in ZIP code area 58643. It stands on Little Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marmarth quadrangle. 101 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,710 feet above sea level.

Marmarth within Slope County

On record in Marmarth

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Marmarth fell from 136 to 101 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
2010136
2020101-35 (-26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 6 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

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Marmarth in 2006, burning about 36 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
Natural1

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
13 July 2006Natural36 acresDakota Prairie National GrasslandsMARMARTH

Every fire recorded in Slope County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Marmarth: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Slope County

Storms near this place

38 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marmarth in 38 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 18 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2016HailMarmarth$50,000Wind gusts to 60 mph also accompanied the hail.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindMarmarth$40,000A shop that was under construction was collapsed. Grain bin 1 mile east of Marmarth was damaged along with the roof of a farm outbuilding torn off. A horse trailer was tipped 1 mile northeast of Marmarth. The Sand Creek RAWS site 26 miles northeast of Marmarth measured a 78 mph gust around 1130 PM CDT.
September 2010Tornado (EF0)Marmarth$30,000A tornado touched down near a farmstead in rural Slope County. One small outbuilding was damaged and several small trees were blown down. The damage was consistent with EF0 tornado damage on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. From that it was determined that wind speeds were near 85 mph with this tornado.
May 2013HailMarmarth$25,000Windows at a farmstead were broken by the large hail and buildings were damaged.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMarmarth$15,000A tree blew over onto a garage roof, damaging the roof.
August 2011HailMarmarth$15,000The large hail broke windows.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindMarmarth$10,000The strong thunderstorm winds resulted in roof damage.
August 2011LightningMarmarth$5,000A lightning strike triggered a large grass fire in southern Slope County that burned into the next day. The fire spread through rows of hay bales.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMarmarth-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by the public.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMarmarth-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts were reported by the public.
May 2011Heavy RainMarmarth-A storm total rainfall of 3.00 inches was reported.
September 2010Funnel CloudMarmarth-A brief funnel cloud was reported.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMarmarth-Small pea sized hail accompanied the strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2009Funnel CloudMarmarth-Emergency management reported this funnel cloud.
July 2001HailMarmarth-Reported by a cooperative observer.
July 2001HailMarmarth-The hail lasted 6 minutes.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindMarmarth-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMarmarth-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMarmarth-no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMarmarth-no account filed
July 2018HailMarmarth-no account filed
June 2017HailMarmarth-no account filed
July 2016HailMarmarth-no account filed
July 2014HailMarmarth-no account filed
September 2013Thunderstorm WindMarmarth-no account filed
July 2011Funnel CloudMarmarth-no account filed
July 2011HailMarmarth-no account filed
July 2011HailMarmarth-no account filed
September 2010HailMarmarth-no account filed
June 2009Funnel CloudMarmarth-no account filed
June 2009Funnel CloudMarmarth-no account filed
June 2009Funnel CloudMarmarth-no account filed
July 2004HailMarmarth-no account filed
July 2003HailMarmarth-no account filed
July 2003HailMarmarth-no account filed
June 2001HailMarmarth-no account filed
July 2001HailMarmarth-no account filed
June 1999HailMarmarth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Slope 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
Mazda3.2 miles5
Mound12.2 miles5
Three V Crossing19.3 miles6
Walser Crossing28.2 miles6
Amidon34.3 miles6
Pierce45.2 miles5
De Sart51.3 miles5

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 MarmarthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1893073The 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 1034994. 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.