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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1928 USGS Tokio quadrangle1:62500
- 1931 USGS Tokio quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Tokio quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Tokio quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS New Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Tokio quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stump Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Tokio quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2,056 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 1949 |
| Debris and open burning | 74 |
| Fireworks | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 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 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fort Totten Agency | EIGHTY |
| 9 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fort Totten Agency | BRONCO |
| 9 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fort Totten Agency | STEELER |
| 9 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fort Totten Agency | GEORGA |
| 9 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fort Totten Agency | 389 |
| 9 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fort Totten Agency | 390 |
| 9 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Fort Totten Agency | 388 |
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fort Totten Agency | MS1910 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
24 since 2005Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tokio | $100,000 | Several 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 2008 | Hail | Tokio | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Tokio | $1,000 | Several sections of roadway and farm access roads were made impassable by water flowing across. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Tokio | - | Public reports quarter sized hail. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tokio | - | Received a public report of large tree branches down at Black Tiger Bay. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Tokio | - | Dime to quarter-sized hail was reported as covering the ground. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tokio | - | Peak wind was measured at a North Dakota DOT RWIS station. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tokio | - | Quite a bit of tree damage was reported. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tokio | - | A large tree was uprooted and numerous tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Tokio | - | The hail ranged from 2 to 2.5 inches. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tokio | - | Strong winds snapped or uprooted several cedar and oak trees. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Tokio | - | Strong winds were also reported. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Tokio | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Tokio | - | The hail fell from Sully's Hill to St. Michael. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Tokio | - | Dime and penny sized hail covered the ground. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Tokio | - | Dime to nickel sized hail fell with very heavy rain. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (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 2008 | Hail | Tokio | - | The hail fell along the Benson County line. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Tokio | - | A few large hailstones fell with very strong winds. Some small tree branches were also broken down. |
| August 2007 | Tornado (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 2020 | Hail | Tokio | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Tokio | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Tokio | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Tokio | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Michael | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Warwick | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Fort Totten | 10.1 miles | 14 | |
| Oberon | 20.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lallie | 21.5 miles | 11 | |
| Minnewaukan | 25.2 miles | 7 | |
| Josephine | 26.4 miles | 10 | |
| Tilden | 27.8 miles | 10 |
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 Tokio | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7813596 | 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 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.









