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New Rockford, North Dakota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1981. It stands in New Rockford City. It lies in ZIP code area 58356. The Survey maps it on the New Rockford quadrangle. 1,361 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,532 feet above sea level.

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New Rockford within Eddy County

On record in New Rockford

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

New Rockford fell from 1,391 to 1,361 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
20101,391
20201,361-30 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of New Rockford between 2004 and 2019, burning about 360 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 August 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceJENSRUD
5 May 2017Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceRRVW FIRE
18 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined350 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceNEW ROCKFORD
17 May 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceSCHMALTZ FIRE
27 April 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceTOLLEFSON FIRE 1
14 April 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFort Totten Agency137

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eddy 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 New Rockford: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Robert Weber PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Eddy County

Storms near this place

60 of 79 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Rockford in 79 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 51 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 4 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
July 2018Thunderstorm WindNew Rockford$500,000Numerous trees were uprooted in town. Some of the trees fell on power lines, leading to widespread power outages.
July 1996HailNew Rockford$200,000no account filed
July 2011HailNew Rockford$100,000Hail moved into the town of New Rockford where shingles, roofing, and vehicles received some damages.
June 2000Flash FloodNew Rockford$100,0004 to 6 inches of rain fell in New Rockford, causing a ceiling in an apartment building to collapse. The 25 residents of the building had to be evacuated. The Burlington Northern-Santa Fe railroad depot in town was also inundated with water. Streets and several homes were also flooded.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindNew Rockford$20,000Large trees were downed around New Rockford, some falling on power lines. One tree fell on a house, damaging the roof. Several signs were also damaged.
July 2011Tornado (EF1)New Rockford$10,000The tornado broke down two power poles along the west side of highway 281 and severely damaged several trees in a shelterbelt east of highway 281. Peak winds were estimated at 105 mph.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindNew Rockford$2,000Strong winds blew down trees in New Rockford.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindNew Rockford$1,000Trees were blown down in New Rockford.
July 2011Flash FloodNew Rockford$500Water covered county road 4 southeast of New Rockford, along Rocky Run Creek.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindNew Rockford$500Tree branches were blown down.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindNew Rockford-Several large, 3 to 5 inch tree branches were broken down around a farmstead. Three sections of stock fencing were blown down. Time estimated based on radar.
September 2022HailNew Rockford-Public reports ping-pong ball-sized hail. Broadcast media relayed this report to the NWS.
July 2021HailNew Rockford-Report posted via social media.
July 2020Funnel CloudNew Rockford-A small rope funnel was noted near the cloud base.
August 2019HailNew Rockford-Quarter to half dollar sized hail was reported.
August 2019HailNew Rockford-Dime to nickel sized hail was reported.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindNew Rockford-Significant tree damage was reported.
August 2016HailNew Rockford-A patch of dime to quarter sized hail and very heavy rain moved across the Wells County line into southwest Rosefield Township in Eddy County.
August 2016Funnel CloudNew Rockford-A brief funnel cloud was observed west of New Rockford.
July 2015HailNew Rockford-Nickel to quarter sized hail fell.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindNew Rockford-The strong winds caused a car to shake violently.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNew Rockford-Two power poles were snapped along United States highway 281.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNew Rockford-High winds in town blew down trees with some street flooding also reported.
June 2011Heavy RainNew Rockford-Localized street flooding was reported.
June 2010HailNew Rockford-Dime to quarter sized hail stripped leaves from trees and bean fields.
June 2008Heavy RainNew Rockford-The Eddy County emergency manager reported an estimated three inches of rain fell over one hour, which resulted in some street flooding.
August 2007FloodNew Rockford-Farm fields and ditches were flooded by over 2 inches of rain in about an hour.
June 2004Tornado (F1)New Rockford-A tornado tore the roof off a pole barn and caved in a grain bin.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNew Rockford-A large tree was blown down.
June 2002Flash FloodNew Rockford-Several streets were flooded.
August 2001Flash FloodNew Rockford-Basement flooding was reported.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindNew Rockford-Many trees were blown over.
August 2001Tornado (F0)New Rockford-A brief touchdown was reported.
August 2021HailNew Rockford-no account filed
July 2020HailNew Rockford-no account filed
June 2020HailNew Rockford-no account filed
July 2016HailNew Rockford-no account filed
July 2015HailNew Rockford-no account filed
June 2015HailNew Rockford-no account filed
July 2011HailNew Rockford-no account filed
July 2011HailNew Rockford-no account filed
August 2010HailNew Rockford-no account filed
June 2008HailNew Rockford-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindNew Rockford-no account filed
July 2007HailNew Rockford-no account filed
June 2006HailNew Rockford-no account filed
May 2005HailNew Rockford-no account filed
May 2005HailNew Rockford-no account filed
July 2005HailNew Rockford-no account filed
June 2004HailNew Rockford-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindNew Rockford-no account filed
June 2003HailNew Rockford-no account filed
June 2003HailNew Rockford-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindNew Rockford-no account filed
June 2001HailNew Rockford-no account filed
August 2001HailNew Rockford-no account filed
August 2001HailNew Rockford-no account filed
September 2001HailNew Rockford-no account filed
June 2000HailNew Rockford-no account filed
June 2000HailNew Rockford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Eddy 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
Divide6.2 miles12
Dundas6.4 miles10
Munster7.6 miles10
Sheyenne10.3 miles12
Brantford12.7 miles11
Hamar32.0 miles10

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 New RockfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q182623The 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 1030398. 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.