Reeder, North Dakota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Reeder City. It lies in ZIP code area 58649. The Survey maps it on the Reeder quadrangle. 125 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,812 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresReeder fell from 162 to 125 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 | 162 | |
| 2020 | 125 | -37 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1953 USGS Dickinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dickinson quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Reeder quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Mott quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Reeder between 2003 and 2005, burning about 430 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 385 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | REEDER |
| 28 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
47 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reeder in 47 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 31 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeder | $250,000 | Two pole barn structures were severely damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts. One structure had the complete roof destroyed along with one of the walls, while the other had sections of the roof blown off and collapse. Machinery and a camper inside the structures were damaged. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Reeder | $127,000 | Rapid snowmelt created overland flooding and flooding along Cedar Creek. This flooding damaged 16 homes along with county and local roads. Flooding continued into April. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Reeder | $60,000 | The hail combined with strong wind gusts to cause damage in the community of Reeder. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Reeder | $42,000 | Rapid snowmelt upstream in South Dakota created a second round of overland flooding and flooding in the Cedar Creek. Additional property damages were reported. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeder | $25,000 | 1/2 inch diameter hail accompanied the high wind. Trees and tree limbs down throughout Reeder. Windows broken on homes. Shed leveled and barn collapsed down to its second level. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Reeder | $10,000 | There was damage to buildings and automobiles. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeder | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds combined with large hail resulting in siding damage to a home. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeder | $2,000 | One inch diameter tree branches were blown down, and some shingles blew off a structure. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeder | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by the public. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeder | - | Some small tree branches blew down. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeder | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by the public. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeder | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts of 60 mph. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeder | - | A severe thunderstorm wind gust was observed. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeder | - | Strong winds were reported. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeder | - | The severe thunderstorm winds were accompanied by large hail. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Reeder | - | Hail up to golf ball size lasted for 20 minutes. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Reeder | - | This report was from the Severe Hail Verification Experiment. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Reeder | - | 40 to 50 mph winds. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Reeder | - | Farmer reported heavy crop loss. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Reeder | - | Reported by a cooperative observer. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Reeder | - | Total crop loss in some areas. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Reeder | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Reeder | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucyrus | 8.8 miles | 4 | |
| Hettinger | 17.9 miles | 5 | |
| Haynes | 26.7 miles | 7 | |
| Petrel | 37.1 miles | 7 | |
| North Lemmon | 43.2 miles | 6 |
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 Reeder | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28139 | 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 1030866. 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.



