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.
Population over time
2 figuresMenoken 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 70 | |
| 2020 | 78 | +8 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1907 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Menoken quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Menoken quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1997Regional 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | I94 MM 169 |
| 9 July 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | APPLE CREEK RD |
| 4 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge | SMALL WPA |
| 30 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MM 174 INTERSTATE 94 |
| 27 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 119TH ST |
| 24 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge | HAY FIRE |
| 31 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 13900 I94 FIRE |
| 28 May 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | I94 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnew Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Flood | Menoken | $50,000 | Several county roads were closed due to water over them. Low lying areas north of Menoken were flooded with water standing in fields. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menoken | $40,000 | Damage to outbuildings on a farm. Mainly some roof damage with one metal building collapsed. |
| July 2008 | Lightning | Menoken | $5,000 | A lightning strike caused significant roof damage to a home. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menoken | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Tornado (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 2013 | Hail | Menoken | - | Public report of large hail. |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Menoken | - | 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 2008 | Tornado (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 2002 | Hail | Menoken | - | Reported by a NWS cooperative observer. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Menoken | - | 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menoken | - | Old barn destroyed. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Menoken | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Menoken | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Menoken | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Menoken | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Menoken | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Menoken | - | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Menoken | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Menoken | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Valley | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| McKenzie | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Pierce | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hillcrest Acres | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Lincoln | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Brittin | 9.9 miles | 5 | |
| Mister Bs Estates | 10.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hay Creek Court | 12.2 miles | 11 |
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 Menoken | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6817249 | 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 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.





