Emergency vet access in North Dakota
Of 90 listed veterinary practices in North Dakota,1 post verified around-the-clock hours across 1 city, and 0 more offer emergency services without overnight staffing. 8 practices treat farm animals or horses.
Updated 2026-09-27. Free to cite with a link. Methodology and limits below.
Every verified 24/7 hospital in North Dakota
| Hospital | City | Phone | Exotics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red River Animal Emergency Hospital and Referral Center | Fargo | (701) 478-9299 |
Towns farthest from overnight care
Among North Dakota towns with at least four listed practices but no 24/7 hospital of their own, the longest hauls to verified overnight care:
- Dickinson — nearest 24/7 hospital is Red River Animal Emergency Hospital and Referral Center in Fargo, 281 mi straight-line (roughly a 5 hr 37 min drive)
- Minot — nearest 24/7 hospital is Red River Animal Emergency Hospital and Referral Center in Fargo, 227 mi straight-line (roughly a 4 hr 33 min drive)
- Mandan — nearest 24/7 hospital is Red River Animal Emergency Hospital and Referral Center in Fargo, 188 mi straight-line (roughly a 3 hr 45 min drive)
- Bismarck — nearest 24/7 hospital is Red River Animal Emergency Hospital and Referral Center in Fargo, 183 mi straight-line (roughly a 3 hr 40 min drive)
- Jamestown — nearest 24/7 hospital is Red River Animal Emergency Hospital and Referral Center in Fargo, 88 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 46 min drive)
- Grand Forks — nearest 24/7 hospital is Red River Animal Emergency Hospital and Referral Center in Fargo, 76 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 31 min drive)
Methodology & honest limits
"24/7" means the hospital's own posted hours say so — on-call and emergency-line arrangements do not count, and we audit the claims. Distances are straight-line between town coordinates, not road miles; drive times are estimates, not routing. Our dataset (OpenStreetMap and GeoNames base, plus our own verification and reader corrections) is extensive but not a census: a town can look underserved here because a hospital lacks any web presence. Corrections are verified and applied — report one.
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