Aldrich, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Aldrich City. It lies in ZIP code area 56434. The Survey maps it on the Aldrich North quadrangle. 35 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,355 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAldrich fell from 48 to 35 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 48 | |
| 2020 | 35 | -13 (-27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Aldrich North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Aldrich between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,263 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aldrich in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Aldrich | $1,000,000 | This tornado was wrapped in damaging downburst winds and rain as it rapidly tracked to the north northeast from the Todd County line, across far southeast Wadena County for about 9.5 miles, to the Cass County line. It snapped numerous single pole and double X-braced power poles. it tumbled at least three center pivot irrigation systems. Numerous oak, ash, and pine trees were snapped. The Old Wadena and Bullard Campgrounds had swaths of pine trees laid down. One cabin had the roof and sidewalls torn out. Peak winds to 130 mph. Time estimated based on radar. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aldrich | $100 | Tree branches were blown down. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aldrich | - | Trees and power lines were blown down between Verndale and Aldrich, in southern Aldrich Township. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aldrich | - | Widespread tree damage occurred along county road 2 through the area just north of the Staples airport. Numerous power poles were snapped and large tree branches and limbs were blown down across southern Thomastown Township. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aldrich | - | Tree branches up to 4 inches in diameter were snapped. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Aldrich | - | Pea to dime sized hail fell for one to two minutes. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aldrich | - | Several large 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs were broken down. The high wind was followed by a minute or two of pea to dime sized hail. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aldrich | - | The wind gust was measured at the Staples airport in southeast Wadena county. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aldrich | - | Many large trees were blown down or snapped off. |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Aldrich | - | A brief funnel was reported. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aldrich | - | 4 to 6 inch diameter pine trees were blown down across the south bound lane of U.S. Highway 10. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aldrich | - | Significant tree damage occurred around the Staples airport. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Aldrich | - | Heavy rain caused flooding over US Highway 10 between Verndale and Staples. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Aldrich | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Aldrich | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Aldrich | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Aldrich | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Aldrich | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Aldrich | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Aldrich | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2261646 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 639265. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





