Solen, North Dakota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Solen City. It lies in ZIP code area 58570. The Survey maps it on the Solen quadrangle. 70 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,670 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSolen fell from 83 to 70 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 | 83 | |
| 2020 | 70 | -13 (-16%) |
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.
- 1954 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Linton quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Solen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Solen between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,476 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 were 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 | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 acres | Standing Rock Agency | GEORGE |
| 29 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Standing Rock Agency | D. SCHMIDT |
| 24 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Standing Rock Agency | BRAVE BULL |
| 23 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Standing Rock Agency | MARGARET1 |
| 20 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Standing Rock Agency | HATZENBULR |
| 17 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Standing Rock Agency | N. BRIDGE |
| 15 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Standing Rock Agency | SOLEN3 |
| 12 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Standing Rock Agency | WIZARD |
Storms near this place
20 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Solen in 20 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 13 hail, 3 flood, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Solen | $250,000 | Torrential rain, with reports up to six inches, resulted in a flash flood over central Sioux County. The reports were consistent with Doppler Radar rain estimates. State Highway 6 was closed due to a foot of water flowing rapidly over the road at mile marker 18. Numerous county and tribal roads were flooded and had severe wash outs. Culverts were washed completely out in some cases. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Solen | $250,000 | See the event episode narrative for details. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Solen | $100,000 | Damage amounts were estimated based on the extreme hail size. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Solen | $75,000 | NWS storm survey completed for this event. Damage to outbuildings, grain bins, horse trailer, picnic benches, empty oil type drums, and other items on the farm. Storm survey determined the damage was caused by high thunderstorm wind gusts and not a tornado. Location 10 miles south and 1 east of Solen. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Solen | - | See the event episode narrative for details. |
| July 2011 | Flood | Solen | - | See the event episode narrative for details. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Solen | - | No damage. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Solen | - | No damage reported. Tornado in open field. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Solen | - | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Hail | Solen | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Solen | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Solen | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Solen | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Solen | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Solen | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Solen | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Solen | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Solen | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Solen | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Solen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon Ball | 10.8 miles | 6 | |
| Porcupine | 19.8 miles | 5 | |
| Chadwick | 20.2 miles | 5 | |
| Fort Yates | 22.7 miles | 5 | |
| Selfridge | 24.9 miles | 5 |
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 Solen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q600122 | 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 1032166. 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.



