Cameras / North Dakota / West Fargo
License plate readers in West Fargo, ND
Volunteers have documented 56 automated license plate readers inside West Fargo. No other North Dakota city in this index has more, and West Fargo alone accounts for 33% of every reader documented in the state. At 3.5 per square mile it is more densely covered than 79% of the 2,431 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 95% — are Flock Safety units. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 10 on poles and 8 on street lamps.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 13, 2026 · figures last changed October 3, 2026.
56
readers documented
3.5
per square mile
1st
of 4 indexed North Dakota cities · 387th of 2,431 nationally
33%
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
- 53 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- West Fargo Police Department (16). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (10), street lamp (8), Street Lamp (1), independent pole (1), street light (1)
- Coverage area
- 16.2 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · How state ALPR laws compare
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