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Andover, Minnesota

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Andover City. It lies in ZIP code area 55304. The Survey maps it on the Coon Rapids quadrangle. 32,601 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 889 feet above sea level.

Andover within Anoka County

On record in Andover

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Andover grew from 30,598 to 32,601 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.

YearPeople Change
201030,598
202032,601+2,003 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

158 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Andover between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,805 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 33 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 burning45
Arson/incendiarism33
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking6
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 2006Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 2006Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 2006Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 2006Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 2006Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anoka County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Andover: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anoka County Marl Beds No 1Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Anoka County Marl Beds No 2Limestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Anoka County

Storms near this place

30 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Andover in 30 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 17 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2001Thunderstorm WindAndover$100,000Large trees and sheds blown down along 1.5 mile path within Andover per NWS damage survey. Minor house damage.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindAndover$5,000A metal stoplight was blown down at the intersection of Hanson Blvd, and Bunker Lake Blvd, in Andover.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindAndover-Photo report via social media of large tree uprooted.
August 2024Tornado (EF1)Andover-Tornado developed in the northeast corner of Andover and continued north-northeast into the southeast portion of Oak Grove, where it dissipated. Hundreds of trees were broken or uprooted, some of which fell on houses, sheds, and vehicles. In addition to performing a storm survey, drone video from the Sheriff's Office was viewed.
May 2022HailAndover-There was a social media picture of golf ball size hail.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindAndover-Several reports of large tree branches and tree damage in Andover.
May 2012Heavy RainAndover-A local observer measured 3.01 inches in the last 24 hours.
May 2012Heavy RainAndover-A local observer measured 5.50 inches in the last 24 hours.
July 2007HailAndover-Golfball to baseball sized hail damaged a car on 161st Ave.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindAndover-Reported by city official. Several trees down across road.
August 2006HailAndover-Reported at Round Lake Blvd and 45th.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindAndover-Scattered trees toppled.
September 2005Tornado (F0)Andover-A damage survey determined there was a brief touchdown just to the north of significant rear flank downdraft damage in Andover (see separate entry for thunderstorm wind in Anoka County). The tornado traveled along 142nd Avenue, from just west of Tamarack Avenue, to just east of the intersection of 142nd and 143rd Avenues.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindAndover-Tress and power lines were downed.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindAndover-Scattered trees and power lines down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAndover-Large branches down. Estimated windspeed.
June 2024HailAndover-no account filed
June 2023HailAndover-no account filed
August 2020HailAndover-no account filed
July 2019HailAndover-no account filed
April 2012HailAndover-no account filed
July 2007HailAndover-no account filed
August 2006HailAndover-no account filed
September 2005HailAndover-no account filed
September 2005HailAndover-no account filed
May 2001HailAndover-no account filed
July 1999HailAndover-no account filed
October 1998HailAndover-no account filed
June 1998HailAndover-no account filed
June 1997HailAndover-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Anoka County

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Constance1.5 miles16
Ham Lake2.5 miles13
Northdale3.8 miles20
Johnsville3.9 miles19
Thompson Heights4.3 miles20
Oak Park4.7 miles20
Soderville4.8 miles13
Anoka5.6 miles19

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 AndoverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q492833The 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 654568. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.