Tioga, North Dakota
4 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Tioga City. It lies in ZIP code area 58852. The Survey maps it on the Tioga quadrangle. 2,202 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,244 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTioga grew from 1,230 to 2,202 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 | 1,230 | |
| 2020 | 2,202 | +972 (+79%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 4 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 Williston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Williston quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tioga quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Tioga in 2005, burning about 614 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 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 600 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 11 November 2005 | Smoking | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tioga: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnstad Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tioga in 33 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | $25,000 | A camper-trailer flipped on Highway 2. |
| August 1997 | Lightning | Tioga | $20,000 | lightning struck an oil holding tank. The resulting fire spread to another holding tank. Fire crews were able to get the fire put out before the tanks were a complete loss. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | $2,000 | An eight inch diameter tree branch was broken. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | The public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 75 mph. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | Wind gust speed was estimated by the Williams County Emergency Manager. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Tioga | - | This tornado was reported by a trained spotter to be in open country southeast of Ray. There were no reports of damage or impacted structures so the rating is EF0. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Tioga | - | Strong winds accompanied the large hail. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | Large hail accompanied the strong winds. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | Reported by a NWS cooperative observer. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tioga | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Tioga | - | 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.
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 Tioga | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2016802 | 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 1032490. 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.


