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Pembina, North Dakota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pembina Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58271. It stands on Pembina River. The Survey maps it on the Pembina quadrangle. 512 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 778 feet above sea level.

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Pembina within Pembina County

On record in Pembina

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

Pembina fell from 592 to 512 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
2010592
2020512-80 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Pembina in 2019, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning2

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
2 June 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMARGARET RYAN LAND
13 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceWILWANT CONTROL BURN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pembina County

Storms near this place

46 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pembina in 46 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 23 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 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
April 2023FloodPembina$174,000Pembina - Crest of 46.68 ft occurred on 5/4 (Noted in May 2023 storm data). Flooding extended into May.||NOTE: Damages dollar amount is for the entire county. Not separated by specific river basin or damage type.
July 2011Tornado (EF0)Pembina$100,000This tornado tracked eastward for about two miles and appears to have lifted just before reaching the Red River. The tornado was likely wrapped in downburst winds and rain as it tracked across the north side of Pembina. Though wind and hail occurred over a broad area of Pembina and Pembina East townships, there was more extreme tree branch damage and evidence of a tornado track across the north side of town. Peak winds were estimated at 85 mph.
April 2019FloodPembina$50,000no account filed
July 2001HailPembina$20,000The hail broke many windows.
July 2001HailPembina$10,000The hail knocked out a yard light and damaged several vehicles.
June 2010Flash FloodPembina$5,000Western Pembina Township received five to six inches of rain in a three hour period. Farm fields and access roads were flooded along highway 55.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPembina$1,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindPembina$200Several trees were blown down.
May 2023FloodPembina-Pembina - Crest of 46.68 ft occurred on 5/4. Flooding began in April.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindPembina-Numerous 3 to 5 inch branches were found broken around town, as well as a few 8 to 10 inch tree branches.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindPembina-Several 3 to 5-inch tree branches were reported snapped.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindPembina-Winds were gusting 55 to 60 mph through about 1320 CDT at the Pembina Border Crossing Station.
June 2021HailPembina-A trained spotter reported pea to dime-sized hail.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindPembina-Large trees were blown down and the grandstand roof was blown off the ball field.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPembina-Strong winds blew down trees and branches, which knocked out power for most of Pembina. A semi south of town was also tipped over in the northbound lane of Interstate 29.
August 2015HailPembina-There were some gusts of wind.
September 2014HailPembina-Significant tree and property damage were reported.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPembina-Tree branches up to 4 inches in diameter were blown down.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindPembina-Strong winds occurred near the Red River bridge.
September 2008Thunderstorm WindPembina-Several large tree branches fell onto powerlines, causing power outages and a small tree fire.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPembina-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Several small buildings were moved off their foundations.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPembina-A 77 mph wind gust was measured at the Pembina port of entry.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Pembina-A brief touchdown was reported.
August 2004Tornado (F0)Pembina-A tornado with multiple funnels was reported north of Pembina.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPembina-Tree branches were blown down.
July 2003Tornado (F0)Pembina-A tornado travelled from just west of Pembina in Pembina county, to the Red River about 2 miles south southeast of Pembina, then continued on for about one-half of a mile in Kittson county southeast of St. Vincent.
July 2001HailPembina-The ground was white with hail.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Pembina-A brief tornado touchdown was reported.
August 2015HailPembina-no account filed
August 2015HailPembina-no account filed
July 2012HailPembina-no account filed
July 2011HailPembina-no account filed
May 2010HailPembina-no account filed
May 2010HailPembina-no account filed
May 2010HailPembina-no account filed
September 2008HailPembina-no account filed
July 2005HailPembina-no account filed
July 2003HailPembina-no account filed
July 2003HailPembina-no account filed
July 2003HailPembina-no account filed
August 2001HailPembina-no account filed
August 2001HailPembina-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindPembina-no account filed
July 1996HailPembina-no account filed
August 1996HailPembina-no account filed
August 1994HailPembina-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pembina 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
Huron City (historical)2.2 miles14
McArthur6.3 miles14
Joliette10.3 miles14
Bathgate13.8 miles9
Fleece14.4 miles14
Hamilton15.5 miles9
Neche16.5 miles10
Ottention (historical)16.9 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 PembinaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2087860The 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 1030666. 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.