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Shaded-relief map of Bisbee, North Dakota: rivers, roads, the city limits and where the water drains.
NORTH DAKOTA · TOWNER COUNTY

Bisbee

102 people, 1,600 ft above sea level in Towner County.

1,600 ftElevation, city center
102People, 2024 estimate
0 sq miLand area
Sunny 45°
Sunny now Dew point -8° · SSE 22 mph · high 41°
City of Bisbee River Interstate 2 miles
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The Bisbee plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Bisbee

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 2:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW CANDO (K9D7) · 2:35 PM
Sunny
45° Sunny Feels like 36° · high of 41° near 2 PM
WindSSE 22 mphgusts 31
Humidity11%falling to 14% this afternoon
Pressure30.03 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point -8° · Dry20° by Monday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Wednesday50% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 110.19 in · 3 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Towner County
NWS Grand Forks and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 2:46 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:44 AM4:59 PM ↓
9 h 15 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 25% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
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Air quality index ·
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points -7 to 8° ↑ Humid air returns More humid: 17° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
41° 30°
0% rain — SSE 18, gusts 28 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
50° 32°
0% rain — S 15, gusts 25 B
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
53° 33°
0% rain — SW 8 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
47° 33°
0% rain — ESE 7 C
WED Nov. 18 Chance of showers Chance of showers
42° 30°
50% rain up to 0.3″ NNW 9 C
THU Nov. 19 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
38° 27°
10% rain — N 6 B
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
37° 26°
30% rain up to 0.2″ ENE 9 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Bisbee about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Gulf of Alaska three days ago, and over the Canadian Prairies a day ago, about 2,050 miles back along its path. It came down from about 10,300 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from the Gulf of Alaska; at 10,000 feet, from the Pacific north of Hawaii. It feels dry all the same. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Bisbee stands on

Bisbee’s center stands about 1,600 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,540 ft to 1,650 ft, a difference of 110 ft: gently rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Pierre Formation (shale), from the Late Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old.

Bisbee, cut in half from northwest to southeast

A section northwest to southeast, 24 miles through the town center
1,500 ft1,600 ft1,700 ft BISBEE1,600 ftHigh point of the line1,780 ftLow point1,470 ft ← NWCando · SE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 63×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Pierre Formation

Shale. Age: Late Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Bisbee’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Bisbee reaches Devils Lake by way of Lake Alice and Lake Irvine: about 80 river miles. Devils Lake has no outlet to the sea: the water leaves only by evaporating or soaking into the ground.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Bisbee≈ 80 mi · Devils Lake
FROM THE CENTER OF BISBEE ≈ 80 mi to Devils Lake Lake Alice → Lake Irvine

Lakes on the way: Lake Irvine and Lake Alice.

Often dry. About 40% of the way is mapped as streams that run only after rain or snowmelt; the water makes the whole trip in floods.

No outlet, mostly. Devils Lake has spilled toward the Sheyenne River only at its highest stands.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Bisbee; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Bisbee on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Minot ND · 91 MI 91 miles west Grand Forks ND · 116 MI 116 miles southeast Fargo ND · 170 MI 170 miles southeast Moorhead MN · 173 MI 173 miles southeast
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Bisbee

102 people, 1,600 ft above sea level in Towner County.

1,600 ftElevation
102People
0 sq miLand
Sunny 45°
SunnyDew point -8°
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Today in Bisbee

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly sunny 41° 0%
5p mostly clear night 38° 0%
8p mostly clear night 35° 0%
11p mostly clear night 33° 0%
2a mostly clear night 32° 0%
5a mostly clear night 30° 0%
Rain
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Bisbee stands on

Bisbee’s center stands about 1,600 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 1,540 ft to 1,650 ft, a difference of 110 ft: gently rolling country.

Bisbee, northwest to southeast Bisbee1,600 ft ← NWSE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 120×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,600 ft
Within 3 miles1,540 to 1,650 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (110 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfacePierre Formation
Its ageLate Cretaceous, 66 to 100 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 80 mito Devils LakeLake Alice → Lake Irvine

A raindrop that lands in Bisbee reaches Devils Lake by way of Lake Alice and Lake Irvine: about 80 river miles. Devils Lake has no outlet to the sea: the water leaves only by evaporating or soaking into the ground.

Lakes on the way: Lake Irvine and Lake Alice.

Often dry. About 40% of the way is mapped as streams that run only after rain or snowmelt; the water makes the whole trip in floods.

No outlet, mostly. Devils Lake has spilled toward the Sheyenne River only at its highest stands.