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Park River, North Dakota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Park River City. It lies in ZIP code area 58270. The Survey maps it on the Park River quadrangle. 1,424 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 994 feet above sea level.

Park River within Walsh County

Population over time

2 figures

Park River grew from 1,403 to 1,424 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
20101,403
20201,424+21 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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.

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 Park River: 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
Cudmore Gravel Supply PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Walsh County

Storms near this place

37 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Park River in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 18 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 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
August 2002Flash FloodPark River$50,000Highways 32 and 17 were under water and closed. The county emergency manager estimated that 36 total road sites were damaged at a cost of $50,000.
May 2013FloodPark River$20,000Significant street flooding was noted in the city of Park River with ditches and field flooding outside of town. The city storm sewer lift stations were unable to keep up with water due to closed sewer flap gates and ongoing river flooding. A report of 4.85 inches of rain was received from Park River.
June 2013FloodPark River$20,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindPark River$5,000Power lines were blown down.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindPark River$3,000A parked car was blown into a van.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindPark River$2,000Trees were blown down in Park River.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindPark River$2,000Several 12 inch diameter trees were blown down and a roof was damaged.
May 2010Flash FloodPark River$1,000Ditches were flooded along a county road and briefly covered the road.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindPark River$500Branches were blown down.
July 2025HailPark River-Public report of quarter size hail.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindPark River-Widespread power outages were reported across central Walsh County. Reports posted via social media, with time estimated based on radar and nearby wind sensor reports.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindPark River-Trees and power lines were blown down all around Park River.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindPark River-Numerous 4 inch diameter branches were blown down around the city with power outages reported.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPark River-Trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Park River-The tornado touched down in an open field.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPark River-Trees were blown down.
August 2002Flash FloodPark River-Major street flooding was reported around Park River as up to a foot of rain fell in a short period of time from training thunderstorms. Roughly 3/4 of the homes in the town of 1,535 reported damage. Eight homes had severe structural damage and 10 homes had sewer backup. The city law enforcement building also took on a little water. The American Red Cross spent $16,000 helping some residents buy new water heaters and furnaces.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Park River-Several touchdowns were reported.
June 2020HailPark River-no account filed
June 2019HailPark River-no account filed
July 2017HailPark River-no account filed
June 2009Funnel CloudPark River-no account filed
May 2004HailPark River-no account filed
May 2004HailPark River-no account filed
July 2004HailPark River-no account filed
June 2002HailPark River-no account filed
August 2002HailPark River-no account filed
August 2002HailPark River-no account filed
August 2002HailPark River-no account filed
July 2001HailPark River-no account filed
July 2001HailPark River-no account filed
June 2000HailPark River-no account filed
May 1998HailPark River-no account filed
May 1998HailPark River-no account filed
July 1997HailPark River-no account filed
May 1996Flash FloodPark River-no account filed
August 1995HailPark River-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Walsh 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
Kerry5.2 miles9
Pisek6.3 miles8
Pleasant Valley6.8 miles8
Mandt7.6 miles8
Edinburg9.3 miles9
Hoople11.0 miles10
Veseleyville11.0 miles8
Lankin11.5 miles8

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 Park RiverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q584452The 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 1030633. 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.

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.