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Rhame, North Dakota

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Rhame City. It lies in ZIP code area 58651. It lies near Post Office Butte. The Survey maps it on the Rhame quadrangle. 158 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,192 feet above sea level.

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Rhame within Bowman County

On record in Rhame

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Rhame fell from 169 to 158 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
2010169
2020158-11 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Rhame in 2006, burning under an acre in total. 1 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
Natural1

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 July 2006Naturalunder an acreDakota Prairie National GrasslandsWEST FORK CREEK

Every fire recorded in Bowman County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rhame: 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 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
Alvin TollefsrudSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fisher Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Rhame Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Rhame PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bowman County

Storms near this place

60 of 89 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rhame in 89 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 53 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 lightning. 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
September 2009HailRhame$600,000A one to two mile wide swath of large and destructive hail was reported. The largest stone was measured at three and one half inches in diameter. There was significant damage to roofs on the north and east sides of Bowman, and to structures in rural north and east Bowman County.
June 2019HailRhame$250,000Substantial damage was reported to roofs and siding in Rhame. Tree leaves were also stripped.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindRhame$100,000A barn was destroyed with the debris completely removed from the original site.
June 2019HailRhame$50,000Vehicles were dented by the hail.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Rhame$50,000A metal calf shed was destroyed at a farmstead one half mile south of Rhame. The shed was blown one quarter of a mile through several fences.
March 2009FloodRhame$37,000Overland flooding damaged county and township roads. Three homes were flooded.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindRhame$5,000Two corrals were destroyed and a highline power line was down.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindRhame$2,000A motorcycle was knocked over and a flag was torn up.
July 2010HailRhame$2,000The large hail broke out the windsheild on a truck.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRhame-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindRhame-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by the public.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRhame-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRhame-Thunderstorm wind gusts were reported by Emergency Management.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRhame-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRhame-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 70 mph.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindRhame-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRhame-A trained spotter west-southwest of Rhame reported strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRhame-No damage was reported with this severe wind gust.
May 2011Heavy RainRhame-A storm total rainfall of 2.01 inches was reported.
May 2011Funnel CloudRhame-A brief funnel cloud was observed by a trained weather spotter. This report was relayed through the Bowman County Emergency Manager.
July 2011HailRhame-There were no damage reports received.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRhame-Strong thunderstorm winds occurred over southwest Bowman County.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRhame-Nickel size hail accompanied the strong winds.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRhame-No reports of damage from the strong winds was reported.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRhame-Heavy rain accompanied the strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindRhame-Quarter sized hail accompanied the strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2009Tornado (EF0)Rhame-A newspaper article mentioned a brief tornado near Rhame. There was no mention of damage. Follow up with law enforcement also indicated that no damage was done.
August 2007HailRhame-The spotter reported a long duration hail event, 20 minutes.
July 2003HailRhame-Reported by a NWS cooperative observer.
June 2001LightningRhame-Lightning struck and killed a calf in the front yard of a ranch.
June 2001LightningRhame-Lightning caused a prairie fire which was put out by rain from the storm.
July 2001HailRhame-Reported by a Ham operator.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRhame-Numerous tree branches down.
July 2000HailRhame-Several farm homes received damage to siding and broken windows.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Rhame-power lines down. damage amount unknown.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindRhame-Tree's uprooted.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindRhame-Winds also combined with 3/4 inch hail. damage to most of crops.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindRhame-no account filed
July 2025HailRhame-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRhame-no account filed
July 2023HailRhame-no account filed
July 2023HailRhame-no account filed
October 2022HailRhame-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRhame-no account filed
August 2020HailRhame-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRhame-no account filed
June 2019HailRhame-no account filed
September 2018Funnel CloudRhame-no account filed
June 2018HailRhame-no account filed
June 2017HailRhame-no account filed
July 2017HailRhame-no account filed
June 2016HailRhame-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRhame-no account filed
July 2016HailRhame-no account filed
July 2016HailRhame-no account filed
July 2016HailRhame-no account filed
July 2016HailRhame-no account filed
June 2015HailRhame-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRhame-no account filed
June 2015HailRhame-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bowman 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
Ives5.2 miles6
Griffin6.2 miles5
Bowman14.2 miles5
Buffalo Springs22.6 miles5
Scranton27.8 miles5
Gascoyne31.5 miles6
Haley34.0 miles6

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 RhameAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2315769The 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 1030890. 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.