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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.

Tioga within Williams County

Population over time

2 figures

Tioga 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,230
20202,202+972 (+79%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 4 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

4 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined2
Smoking1
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
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use600 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Servicenot named
11 November 2005Smoking10 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Williams County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arnstad Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Williams County

Storms near this place

33 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2025Thunderstorm WindTioga$25,000A camper-trailer flipped on Highway 2.
August 1997LightningTioga$20,000lightning 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 2019Thunderstorm WindTioga$2,000An eight inch diameter tree branch was broken.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindTioga-The public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 75 mph.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindTioga-Wind gust speed was estimated by the Williams County Emergency Manager.
July 2015Tornado (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 2012HailTioga-Strong winds accompanied the large hail.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTioga-Large hail accompanied the strong winds.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindTioga-Reported by a NWS cooperative observer.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindTioga-no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindTioga-no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindTioga-no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindTioga-no account filed
July 2024Funnel CloudTioga-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindTioga-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindTioga-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindTioga-no account filed
August 2020HailTioga-no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindTioga-no account filed
September 2019HailTioga-no account filed
June 2016HailTioga-no account filed
July 2015HailTioga-no account filed
July 2013HailTioga-no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindTioga-no account filed
July 2012HailTioga-no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindTioga-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindTioga-no account filed
June 2007HailTioga-no account filed
June 2005HailTioga-no account filed
June 2004HailTioga-no account filed
July 2003HailTioga-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindTioga-no account filed
August 1999HailTioga-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Williams 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
Temple6.3 miles7
Ray12.6 miles7
McGregor13.7 miles5
Hamlet17.1 miles6
Wheelock18.0 miles7
Lunds Landing19.2 miles7
Wildrose20.7 miles6
Epping23.6 miles7

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 TiogaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2016802The 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.