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Mott, North Dakota

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Mott City. It lies in ZIP code area 58646. The Survey maps it on the Mott South quadrangle. 653 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,382 feet above sea level.

Mott within Hettinger County

On record in Mott

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Mott fell from 721 to 653 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
2010721
2020653-68 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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

14 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Mott between 2015 and 2018, burning about 147 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
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Other causes3
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceFRIEDT VEHICLE FIRE
27 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceSWINDLER BURN
24 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceTANK FIRE
22 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use100 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGREG URLACHER
2 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMARTIN BALE FIRE
13 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use25 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMESCHKE FIRE
21 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceKILZER FIRE
21 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceKILZER 2

Every fire recorded in Hettinger County

Storms near this place

57 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mott in 57 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 30 hail, 23 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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
May 2022FloodMott2 killed, $30,000A married couple, both 74 years old, died after driving into the water at a low water crossing. This crossing is locally known to have water running through it during snowmelt and rain events. At the time of the attempted crossing, the water was approximately three to four feet deep over the low water crossing.
July 2019Tornado (EF1)Mott$1,600,000The tornado touched down roughly two miles north-northwest of Mott, and tracked to the south-southeast before lifting about one mile east-southeast of town, having passed through the northeast corner of the city. Extensive tree damage occurred in Mott, mostly from high winds associated with the Rear-Flank Downdraft of the tornado. Farm bins were torn from their foundations, a shed was destroyed, and a very large building on the fairgrounds was collapsed. Near the intersection of ND Highway 8 and 21 the roof was torn from a storage facility. A house just east of there, along ND Highway 21, had the attached garage shifted off its foundation and collapsed. Based on the damage done this tornado was rated EF1 with estimated wind speeds around 105 mph.
July 2010HailMott$750,000County officials reported up to baseball size hail in Mott. All vehicles left outside received major damage. The north side of homes sustained siding damage and broken windows. Roofs were also damaged from the large hail.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMott$150,000A large farm building was severely damaged. Part of roof was completely ripped off and blown away. Metal roofing was peeled off on remaining portion of the building. All walls were still standing, although doors were missing.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMott$150,000Damage was reported to trees and power lines. Damage was also reported to a grain bin and an elevator roof in the city of Mott.
June 2016HailMott$150,000no account filed
July 2010HailMott$100,000Another round of large hail impacted the city of Mott.
July 2014HailMott$30,000no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMott$25,000The severe thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs in the city of Mott, along with snapping a thirty foot tall tree in half.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindMott$20,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts resulted in shingle damage to a home and three to five inch diameter trees broken.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMott$20,000tree blown down on top of house
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMott$15,000A wind break was torn down and a roof was damaged.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMott$15,000Trees were down in Mott.
June 2008HailMott$15,000Hail up to golfball size lasted for five minutes. Some house windows were knocked out in the city of Mott.
June 2007HailMott$15,000Windows were reported broken and there was some roof damage.
June 2007HailMott$5,000The hail caused a few broken windows.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMott-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by law enforecment.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMott-The wind gust was measured as a tornado passed to the east of the NDAWN (North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network) sensor located on the north side of Mott, just off the west side of ND Highway 8. These winds may have been in conjunction with a rear-flank downdraft.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMott-The public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMott-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 75 mph.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMott-No damage was reported.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMott-Heavy rain accompanied the strong winds.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMott-Very heavy rain accompanied the strong winds.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindMott-Pea size hail accompanied the strong winds.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMott-Heavy rain accompanied the strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2005Tornado (F1)Mott-F1 damage on a farm 4 miles south of Mott. Five grain bins destroyed and a barn heavily damaged.
June 2005Tornado (F1)Mott-The tornado destroyed a barn. At one time there were two tornadoes on the ground at the same time from the same thunderstorm cell.
June 2001HailMott-The hail fell in a 3 mile wide path in open country destroying 30 percent of crops.
July 2000HailMott-Hail covered the ground.
August 1998HailMott-4 to 6 inches deep hail reported on ground
May 1997Thunderstorm WindMott-60 MPH WIND
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMott-no account filed
June 2025HailMott-no account filed
June 2020HailMott-no account filed
July 2019HailMott-no account filed
May 2018HailMott-no account filed
May 2018HailMott-no account filed
May 2018HailMott-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMott-no account filed
July 2017HailMott-no account filed
June 2016HailMott-no account filed
June 2014HailMott-no account filed
June 2013HailMott-no account filed
July 2011HailMott-no account filed
August 2011HailMott-no account filed
June 2009HailMott-no account filed
July 2008HailMott-no account filed
June 2006HailMott-no account filed
June 2006HailMott-no account filed
September 2005HailMott-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMott-no account filed
July 2005HailMott-no account filed
August 2004HailMott-no account filed
July 2002HailMott-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindMott-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindMott-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMott-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hettinger 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
Watrous7.8 miles5
Burt9.1 miles5
Regent12.6 miles5
Bentley14.3 miles5
Havelock23.2 miles5
New England30.9 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 MottAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q660411The 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 1030299. 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.