Fargo Environment Facts

Air Quality, Water Quality, Climate and more

Fargo Air Quality Cass County
.	Good Days	Moderate Days	Unhealthy for Sensitive Persons Days	Unhealthy Days	Very Unhealthy Days
2017	306	56	0	0	0
2016	324	42	0	0	0
2015	305	57	3	0	0
2014	328	36	1	0	0
2013	308	47	0	0	0

Fargo Water Quality Upper Red Watershed
.	% Good	% Threatened	% Impaired
2014	na	na	na
2012	51	0	49
2010	19	0	81
2008	19	0	81
2006	0	0	100
2004	na	na	na
2002	17	32	51

Fargo Recreation
.	# of Parks	# of Parks (99 City Avg)
National Parks, Historic Sites, etc. (managed by National Park Service)	None	7
National Campgrounds, Lodges, etc. (other federal agency-managed sites)	3	26
State Parks, Sites, etc.	2	11

Fargo Climate (1971-2000)
.	.	99 City Avg
January - Avg Low Temp	-2 F	27 F
January - Avg Daily Temp	7 F	37 F
July - Avg Daily Temp	71 F	74 F
July - Avg High Temp	82 F	86 F
Avg Annual Precipitation	21 in	35 in

Fargo Elevation
900 feet	GPTR 99 City Average 1,652 feet

Fargo Natural Hazards
.	Risk Level	99 City Average
Total Hazard Risk	Lower	Moderate
Earthquake	.1%	10.9%
Tsunami	No Risk	No Risk
Hurricane	0	10
Flood	Very High	Very High
Tornado	Low	Low
Volcano	No Risk	No Risk
Wildfire	Low	Low

Fargo Man-Made Hazards (Nuclear)
Nuclear Power Stations (# Reactors)	Distance from City	GPTR 99 City Average
Monticello (1)	180 miles	50% of cities are within 100 miles of at least one nuclear station

Fargo Heating and Cooling Degree Days (avg annual)
.	.	99 City Avg
Total Degree Days	9,625	5,915
HDD	9,092	4,662
CDD	533	1,253

EPA Hazardous Material Cleanup Sites
(Fargo Area) Fargo Area EPA Cleanup Sites

Legend: Small green circles (older style maps) or multi-colored circles (newer style maps: click here for legend) indicate 1)Superfund Sites 2)Federal Facilities 3)RCRA Corrective Action Sites and 4)Brownfields Properties (EPA hazardous material cleanup sites defined at Environment link)

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