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Menoken, North Dakota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Menoken Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58558. The Survey maps it on the Menoken quadrangle. 78 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,722 feet above sea level.

Menoken within Burleigh County

Population over time

2 figures

Menoken grew from 70 to 78 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
201070
202078+8 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

13 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Menoken between 1997 and 2020, burning about 49 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Smoking1
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
16 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceI94 MM 169
9 July 2020Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceAPPLE CREEK RD
4 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLong Lake National Wildlife RefugeSMALL WPA
30 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMM 174 INTERSTATE 94
27 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service119TH ST
24 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLong Lake National Wildlife RefugeHAY FIRE
31 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service13900 I94 FIRE
28 May 2020Smokingunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceI94

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burleigh 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 Menoken: 1 unknown. 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
Agnew PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Burleigh County

Storms near this place

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Menoken in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 2 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
June 2007FloodMenoken$50,000Several county roads were closed due to water over them. Low lying areas north of Menoken were flooded with water standing in fields.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindMenoken$40,000Damage to outbuildings on a farm. Mainly some roof damage with one metal building collapsed.
July 2008LightningMenoken$5,000A lightning strike caused significant roof damage to a home.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindMenoken$5,000no account filed
June 2025Tornado (EFU)Menoken-The tornado formed in an open field south-southwest of McKenzie and tracked to the southeast before dissipating. The tornado impacted no structures, thus there was no damage to evaluate. By National Weather Service policy the tornado is rated EF-U (Unknown).
July 2013HailMenoken-Public report of large hail.
June 2010Funnel CloudMenoken-A rotating wall cloud produced a brief funnel cloud which nearly reached the surface. The funnel cloud was also visible from northwest of Bismarck looking southeast.
August 2008Tornado (EF0)Menoken-The public reported this tornado as being visible by swirling dirt and dust on the ground. The tornado impacted no structures so there was no damage.
August 2002HailMenoken-Reported by a NWS cooperative observer.
June 2001HailMenoken-Resident at a farm reported the hail lasted 30 minuates and mostly golf ball size. The hail injured a large number of his livestock, smashed vehicle windows and wiped out most of the crops.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindMenoken-Old barn destroyed.
July 2025HailMenoken-no account filed
July 2019HailMenoken-no account filed
June 2012HailMenoken-no account filed
June 2010HailMenoken-no account filed
June 2009HailMenoken-no account filed
July 2008HailMenoken-no account filed
November 2000Funnel CloudMenoken-no account filed
July 1996HailMenoken-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Burleigh 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
Apple Valley3.5 miles10
McKenzie6.2 miles7
Pierce8.8 miles11
Hillcrest Acres9.1 miles11
Lincoln9.8 miles11
Brittin9.9 miles5
Mister Bs Estates10.8 miles11
Hay Creek Court12.2 miles11

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 MenokenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6817249The 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 1033618. 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.