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Medina, North Dakota

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Medina City. It lies in ZIP code area 58467. The Survey maps it on the Medina quadrangle. 264 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,808 feet above sea level.

Medina within Stutsman County

Population over time

2 figures

Medina fell from 308 to 264 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
2010308
2020264-44 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

6 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Medina between 2005 and 2018, burning about 8 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 use5
Debris and open burning1

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
7 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMM223
17 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceKIM HEIB CRP
17 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceKIM HEIB 2
15 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Servicenot named
8 June 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceSCHMIDT FIRE
28 October 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceOPP FIRE

Every fire recorded in Stutsman County

Storms near this place

49 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Medina in 49 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 3 tornado, 3 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 2025Tornado (EF1)Medina$750,000This is the second event entry for one tornado that passed through two counties, Kidder and Stutsman. This Quasi-Linear Convective System (QLCS) tornado started northwest of Crystal Springs in Kidder County and moved to the east-southeast. The tornado then shifted towards the east-northeast near the Stutsman County line, and continued into Stutsman County before it lifted to the north-northwest of Medina. Near the point of touchdown, a machine shed was completely destroyed, with the roof laying in a pasture about 350 feet away. Approximately five miles to the south-southeast, two additional farmsteads in close proximity were struck. The first one had an older barn along with a pole barn completely destroyed. The second farmstead had an older barn collapse, and an empty 18 foot diameter grain bin lifted and moved approximately 400 feet. Along the grain bin's path it hit a building, two vehicles, and a camper before it came to rest in front of the collapsed barn. Shortly thereafter, the tornado turned north-northeast and then struck another farmstead approximately 3 miles away. At this farm, a quonset building was moved off its foundation, and boards from the inside were sucked out and laying a few feet away. Additional buildings were damaged, with debris from a children's play house blown a half mile away and a picnic table blown a quarter mile. Mature trees were snapped and fully de-leafed with numerous large branches broken off. The tornado then continued to the north-northeast and twisted multiple smaller metal high-voltage power towers. Further to the north-northeast before it lifted, the tornado struck another farmstead where a farm outbuilding was destroyed, the shingles, siding, and gutters were severely damaged on a house, and trees were snapped about half way up. Based on the damage done this tornado was rated EF-1, and from that wind speeds were estimated to be around 110 mph.
August 2002Tornado (F4)Medina$650,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMedina$75,000Multiple large trees were uprooted throughout the city of Medina.
August 1997HailMedina$50,000property damage estimated
May 1993Thunderstorm WindMedina$50,000The winds blew over a barn.
June 2024FloodMedina$25,000Heavy rain of three to five inches fell on southwest Stutsman County, causing flooding of low lying areas. Interstate 94 was closed for a period of time near Cleveland as water covered the road and some vehicles hydroplaned and went into the ditch.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMedina$25,000Numerous trees were blown over by thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMedina$25,000Several trees fourteen inches in diameter were blown down.
June 2007Flash FloodMedina$15,000Extensive lowland flooding due to 4.50 inches of rain from thunderstorms. Water over some roads but damage was minor.
July 2004Flash FloodMedina$15,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMedina$5,000A shed was damaged.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMedina$2,000Some pieces of tin were blown off a roof on a building.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMedina-Law enforcement estimated wind gusts of 70 mph.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMedina-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMedina-A large tree snapped.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindMedina-A fire department official reported thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMedina-Fire Department Officials estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 65 mph.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindMedina-Large hail accompanied the strong winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMedina-A public report relayed by North Dakota State radio.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMedina-Rotation was observed with this storm.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMedina-Heavy rain accompanied the strong winds.
June 2003Funnel CloudMedina-Numerous funnel clouds were reported with the storm.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindMedina-no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindMedina-no account filed
July 2024HailMedina-no account filed
July 2024HailMedina-no account filed
June 2022HailMedina-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMedina-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMedina-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMedina-no account filed
June 2021HailMedina-no account filed
July 2021HailMedina-no account filed
August 2020HailMedina-no account filed
June 2019HailMedina-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMedina-no account filed
June 2017HailMedina-no account filed
June 2017HailMedina-no account filed
July 2017HailMedina-no account filed
July 2017HailMedina-no account filed
May 2013HailMedina-no account filed
August 2011HailMedina-no account filed
August 2007HailMedina-no account filed
May 2005Flash FloodMedina-no account filed
September 2005HailMedina-no account filed
August 2004HailMedina-no account filed
July 2003HailMedina-no account filed
August 2002HailMedina-no account filed
August 2002HailMedina-no account filed
August 1999Tornado (F0)Medina-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stutsman 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
Cleveland9.6 miles7
Windsor13.6 miles7
Streeter16.7 miles6
Woodworth17.2 miles8
Goldwin18.4 miles8
New Minneapolis (historical)19.9 miles12
Vashti23.4 miles8
Eldridge23.8 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 MedinaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2442489The 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 1030183. 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.