Cameras / North Dakota / Grand Forks
License plate readers in Grand Forks, ND
Volunteers have documented 12 automated license plate readers inside Grand Forks. That is the 5th-largest total among the 5 North Dakota cities indexed here, and 3.4% of the statewide total. Its 0.4 readers per square mile spread across 29.2 square miles — thinner coverage than 96% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's. Not all of them watch open road: 5 were tagged in parking entrances.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed August 9, 2026.
12
readers documented
0.4
per square mile
5th
of 5 indexed North Dakota cities · 1,930th of 2,395 nationally
3.4%
of North Dakota’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 7 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowe's (2). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 29.2 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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