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.
Population over time
2 figuresPark 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,403 | |
| 2020 | 1,424 | +21 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Park River quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Grafton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cudmore Gravel Supply Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
37 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Park River | $50,000 | Highways 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 2013 | Flood | Park River | $20,000 | Significant 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 2013 | Flood | Park River | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park River | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park River | $3,000 | A parked car was blown into a van. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park River | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in Park River. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park River | $2,000 | Several 12 inch diameter trees were blown down and a roof was damaged. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Park River | $1,000 | Ditches were flooded along a county road and briefly covered the road. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park River | $500 | Branches were blown down. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Park River | - | Public report of quarter size hail. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park River | - | Trees and power lines were blown down all around Park River. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park River | - | Numerous 4 inch diameter branches were blown down around the city with power outages reported. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park River | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Park River | - | The tornado touched down in an open field. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park River | - | Trees were blown down. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Park 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 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Park River | - | Several touchdowns were reported. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Park River | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Park River | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Park River | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Park River | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Park River | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Park River | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Park River | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Park River | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Park River | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Park River | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Park River | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Park River | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Park River | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Park River | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Park River | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Park River | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Park River | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Park River | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Park River | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Pisek | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Mandt | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Edinburg | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hoople | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| Veseleyville | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Lankin | 11.5 miles | 8 |
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 River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q584452 | 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 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.





