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Tokio, North Dakota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Wood Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58370. The Survey maps it on the Tokio quadrangle. It stands 1,509 feet above sea level.

Tokio within Benson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

2,056 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,056 fires within 5 miles of Tokio between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,319 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1949 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
Arson/incendiarism1949
Debris and open burning74
Fireworks15
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes3
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
9 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFort Totten AgencyEIGHTY
9 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFort Totten AgencyBRONCO
9 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFort Totten AgencySTEELER
9 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFort Totten AgencyGEORGA
9 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFort Totten Agency389
9 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFort Totten Agency390
9 September 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFort Totten Agency388
9 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFort Totten AgencyMS1910

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benson County

Storms near this place

24 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tokio in 24 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 15 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
July 2008Thunderstorm WindTokio$100,000Several large twelve to fourteen inch diameter trees were blown down or uprooted along Black Tiger Bay. Some trees fell on vehicles and campers in the area.
August 2008HailTokio$15,000no account filed
July 2011Flash FloodTokio$1,000Several sections of roadway and farm access roads were made impassable by water flowing across.
July 2024HailTokio-Public reports quarter sized hail. Time estimated from radar.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindTokio-Received a public report of large tree branches down at Black Tiger Bay.
June 2022HailTokio-Dime to quarter-sized hail was reported as covering the ground.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindTokio-Peak wind was measured at a North Dakota DOT RWIS station.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindTokio-Quite a bit of tree damage was reported.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindTokio-A large tree was uprooted and numerous tree branches were blown down.
June 2016HailTokio-The hail ranged from 2 to 2.5 inches.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindTokio-Strong winds snapped or uprooted several cedar and oak trees.
July 2016HailTokio-Strong winds were also reported.
July 2016HailTokio-Dime to quarter sized hail fell.
June 2015HailTokio-The hail fell from Sully's Hill to St. Michael.
June 2011HailTokio-Dime and penny sized hail covered the ground.
June 2011HailTokio-Dime to nickel sized hail fell with very heavy rain.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Tokio-The tornado began in Eddy County about 11 miles east of Sheyenne at 427 PM CDT. The tornado crossed into Benson County and dissipated over open pastureland. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph.
July 2008HailTokio-The hail fell along the Benson County line.
August 2007HailTokio-A few large hailstones fell with very strong winds. Some small tree branches were also broken down.
August 2007Tornado (EF0)Tokio-This tornado touched down on Black Tiger Bay (in Benson County), about 9 miles southwest of Crary, and tracked about one mile northeast. At this point, it crossed into the open water of Devils Lake, which is in Ramsey County. The tornado continued about another half mile into Ramsey County, giving the tornado a total path length of 1.5 miles over water.
July 2020HailTokio-no account filed
August 2010HailTokio-no account filed
June 2005HailTokio-no account filed
July 2005HailTokio-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benson 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
Saint Michael5.1 miles14
Warwick7.4 miles10
Fort Totten10.1 miles14
Oberon20.6 miles11
Lallie21.5 miles11
Minnewaukan25.2 miles7
Josephine26.4 miles10
Tilden27.8 miles10

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 TokioAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7813596The 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 1032494. 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.