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.
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
Mystic Theatrelisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresMarmarth 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 136 | |
| 2020 | 101 | -35 (-26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Dickinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dickinson quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Marmarth quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Bowman quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Marmarth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 2006 | Natural | 36 acres | Dakota Prairie National Grasslands | MARMARTH |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
38 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Hail | Marmarth | $50,000 | Wind gusts to 60 mph also accompanied the hail. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marmarth | $40,000 | A 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 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Marmarth | $30,000 | A 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 2013 | Hail | Marmarth | $25,000 | Windows at a farmstead were broken by the large hail and buildings were damaged. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marmarth | $15,000 | A tree blew over onto a garage roof, damaging the roof. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Marmarth | $15,000 | The large hail broke windows. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marmarth | $10,000 | The strong thunderstorm winds resulted in roof damage. |
| August 2011 | Lightning | Marmarth | $5,000 | A 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marmarth | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by the public. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marmarth | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts were reported by the public. |
| May 2011 | Heavy Rain | Marmarth | - | A storm total rainfall of 3.00 inches was reported. |
| September 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Marmarth | - | A brief funnel cloud was reported. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marmarth | - | Small pea sized hail accompanied the strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Marmarth | - | Emergency management reported this funnel cloud. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Marmarth | - | Reported by a cooperative observer. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Marmarth | - | The hail lasted 6 minutes. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Marmarth | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Marmarth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazda | 3.2 miles | 5 | |
| Mound | 12.2 miles | 5 | |
| Three V Crossing | 19.3 miles | 6 | |
| Walser Crossing | 28.2 miles | 6 | |
| Amidon | 34.3 miles | 6 | |
| Pierce | 45.2 miles | 5 | |
| De Sart | 51.3 miles | 5 |
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 Marmarth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1893073 | 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 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.




