Fort Yates, North Dakota

Coordinates: 46°05′12″N 100°37′48″W / 46.08667°N 100.63000°W / 46.08667; -100.63000
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Fort Yates, North Dakota
FIPS code
38-27860
GNIS feature ID1036043[2]

Fort Yates is a city in

tribal headquarters of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and county seat of Sioux County.[5] Since 1970 the population has declined markedly from more than 1,100 residents, as people have left for other locations for work. The population was 176 at the 2020 census.[3]

History

A primarily Native American settlement developed here after a US Army post at this site was established in 1863 as the Standing Rock

Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.[6]
The town that developed was also known as Fort Yates. The Army post and fort were decommissioned in 1903.

Fort Yates also served as the headquarters of the US Standing Rock Indian Agency, which in the late 19th century was headed by US Indian Service Agent James McLaughlin. Worried about the Hunkpapa Lakota chief Sitting Bull possibly taking part in the Ghost Dance movement, he ordered the arrest of the chief on December 14, 1890. During the bungled event the chief was shot and killed at dawn in his log cabin by agency non-Hunkpapa Dakota police.

Sitting Bull was buried at Fort Yates. In 1953, his family authorized his remains to be exhumed and transferred to a gravesite overlooking the Missouri River near his birthplace at Mobridge, South Dakota. A monument dedicated to Sitting Bull was installed at his burial site at Fort Yates. Another monument, with his bust on a pedestal, overlooks the Missouri River at the Mobridge burial site.

This city has become the tribal headquarters of the federally recognized

tribal college
now named for their noted 19th-century leader. Known also as "Long Soldier", it is the most populous electoral district of the reservation.

Northern Plains Overland Trails 1866–1877 map on display at the Fort Totten Historic Site

Geography and climate

Fort Yates is located on the western bank of Lake Oahe.

According to the

diurnal temperature ranges.[citation needed] On February 2, 1992, the city recorded 72 °F or 22.2 °C, the highest ever recorded for any winter month in North Dakota.[8] Depending on the climatic maps and the data used the city can be considered the northernmost urban area of the humid continental climate (Dfa) in an isolated occurrence at 46 °N. At the same time that Fort Yates is around different climatic types and subtypes in a situation rare and unusual. Dfb to the northeast and west, Dwb to the northwest and east, BSk to the southwest and south, and Dwa to the west.[9]

Climate data for Fort Yates, North Dakota (1981-2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 64
(18) 		72
(22) 		85
(29) 		99
(37) 		107
(42) 		110
(43) 		119
(48) 		111
(44) 		107
(42) 		95
(35) 		80
(27) 		69
(21) 		119
(48)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 27.3
(−2.6) 		32.5
(0.3) 		43.3
(6.3) 		59.2
(15.1) 		70.4
(21.3) 		80.1
(26.7) 		87.1
(30.6) 		86.0
(30.0) 		74.2
(23.4) 		60.8
(16.0) 		42.3
(5.7) 		29.4
(−1.4) 		57.8
(14.3)
Daily mean °F (°C) 14.6
(−9.7) 		19.9
(−6.7) 		30.5
(−0.8) 		41.1
(5.1) 		56.0
(13.3) 		65.6
(18.7) 		72.0
(22.2) 		70.4
(21.3) 		58.8
(14.9) 		46.1
(7.8) 		30.5
(−0.8) 		17.8
(−7.9) 		44.0
(6.7)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 2.0
(−16.7) 		7.3
(−13.7) 		17.6
(−8.0) 		28.9
(−1.7) 		41.5
(5.3) 		51.2
(10.7) 		56.9
(13.8) 		54.8
(12.7) 		43.4
(6.3) 		31.3
(−0.4) 		18.6
(−7.4) 		6.1
(−14.4) 		30.1
(−1.1)
Record low °F (°C) −41
(−41) 		−50
(−46) 		−33
(−36) 		−7
(−22) 		16
(−9) 		28
(−2) 		28
(−2) 		29
(−2) 		15
(−9) 		−4
(−20) 		−23
(−31) 		−34
(−37) 		−50
(−46)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 0.19
(4.8) 		0.32
(8.1) 		0.55
(14) 		1.04
(26) 		2.49
(63) 		2.83
(72) 		2.39
(61) 		1.57
(40) 		1.49
(38) 		1.30
(33) 		0.43
(11) 		0.23
(5.8) 		14.83
(376.7)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 6.1
(15) 		9.6
(24) 		11.3
(29) 		2.3
(5.8) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.3
(0.76) 		2.0
(5.1) 		4.8
(12) 		36.2
(92)
Source: NOAA,[10] WRCC[11]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1880446—
189051114.6%
19701,153—
1980771−33.1%
1990183−76.3%
200022824.6%
2010184−19.3%
2020176−4.3%
2022 (est.)169[4]−4.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[12]
2020 Census[3]
Sitting Bull Monument, Ft. Yates, North Dakota

2010 census

As of the

Latino
of any race were 2.2% of the population.

There were 66 households, of which 45.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 22.7% were married couples living together, 30.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 12.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.8% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.26.

The median age in the city was 33.6 years. 31% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.6% were from 25 to 44; 22.8% were from 45 to 64; and 9.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 53.3% male and 46.7% female.

U.S. Post office in Fort Yates

2000 census

As of the

Latino
of any race were 3.95% of the population.

There were 73 households, out of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 28.8% were married couples living together, 26.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% were non-families. 26.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.12 and the average family size was 3.85.

In the town the population was spread out, with 35.5% under the age of 18, 15.4% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 14.9% from 45 to 64, and 5.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $25,500, and the median income for a family was $31,875. Males had a median income of $26,125 versus $25,000 for females. The

poverty line
, including 8.2% of those under the age of eighteen and 17.6% of those 65 or over.

Fort Yates water treatment plant

The water treatment plant at Fort Yates, an integral part of The Standing Rock Rural Water System, is the primary source of drinking water for over three thousand people which includes the residents of Porcupine, Cannonball and Fort Yates as well the Prairie Knights Casino and Lodge. The intake is on the Missouri River.[13]

Education

It is in the Fort Yates School District,[14] which is integrated with the Standing Rock Community School.

See also

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort Yates, North Dakota
  3. ^ a b c "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022". United States Census Bureau. November 12, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  5. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  6. ISBN 978-0-8061-4216-6
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  7. ^ "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  8. ^ Infoplease.com; North Dakota Record Monthly Temperatures
  9. ^ "Interactive United States Koppen-Geiger Climate Classification Map". www.plantmaps.com. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  10. ^ "NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  11. ^ "Ft Yates 4SW". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  12. ^ United States Census Bureau. "Census of Population and Housing". Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  13. ^ Problems experienced by the Standing Rock Sioux tribes situated along the Missouri River, Senate Hearing, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, November 18, 2004, retrieved December 2, 2016
  14. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sioux County, ND" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
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