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Riverdale, North Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Underwood unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58565. It stands on Aggie Brown Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Riverdale South quadrangle. 223 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,969 feet above sea level.

Riverdale within McLean County

Population over time

2 figures

Riverdale grew from 205 to 223 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
2010205
2020223+18 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Riverdale between 2006 and 2007, burning about 2,772 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 burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 April 2006Debris and open burning1,764 acresAudubon National Wildlife RefugeRIVERDALE WOODS/DOWNSTREAM
3 November 2007Equipment and vehicle use1,008 acresAudubon National Wildlife RefugeROBINSON SUNFLOWER

Every fire recorded in McLean County

Storms near this place

27 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverdale in 27 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 16 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 funnel cloud. 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
June 2011FloodRiverdale$5,000,000See the event episode narrative for details.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindRiverdale$5,000Tree branches broken. Minor damage.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindRiverdale-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindRiverdale-The strong thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter.
August 2011FloodRiverdale-See the event episode narrative for details.
July 2011FloodRiverdale-See the event episode narrative for details.
June 2009HailRiverdale-Very heavy rain accompanied the large hail.
June 2008HailRiverdale-In addition to the large hail, heavy rain was also reported.
June 2008HailRiverdale-No report of damage was received from this event.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindRiverdale-3/4 inch hail accompanied the storm.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindRiverdale-Pea size hail accompanied the winds.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindRiverdale-Several trees and power lines down due to high winds.
July 1997HailRiverdale-hail occurred 2 NE of Riverdale
July 2024Funnel CloudRiverdale-no account filed
August 2023HailRiverdale-no account filed
June 2020HailRiverdale-no account filed
August 2012HailRiverdale-no account filed
June 2009HailRiverdale-no account filed
June 2008HailRiverdale-no account filed
June 2008HailRiverdale-no account filed
July 2008HailRiverdale-no account filed
June 2008HailRiverdale-no account filed
August 2007HailRiverdale-no account filed
August 2007HailRiverdale-no account filed
August 2007HailRiverdale-no account filed
July 2006Funnel CloudRiverdale-no account filed
June 2000HailRiverdale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McLean 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
Coleharbor8.5 miles9
Riverdale Junction10.4 miles8
Garrison10.9 miles8
Underwood12.7 miles8
Falkirk17.4 miles9
Emmet18.1 miles6
Max22.7 miles5
Washburn23.1 miles9

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 RiverdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2373536The 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 1030914. 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.