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.
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
Porter Kelsey Houselisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresAndover 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 30,598 | |
| 2020 | 32,601 | +2,003 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1902 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Coon Rapids quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Coon Rapids quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
158 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anoka County Marl Beds No 1 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Anoka County Marl Beds No 2 | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
30 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | $100,000 | Large trees and sheds blown down along 1.5 mile path within Andover per NWS damage survey. Minor house damage. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | $5,000 | A metal stoplight was blown down at the intersection of Hanson Blvd, and Bunker Lake Blvd, in Andover. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Photo report via social media of large tree uprooted. |
| August 2024 | Tornado (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 2022 | Hail | Andover | - | There was a social media picture of golf ball size hail. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Several reports of large tree branches and tree damage in Andover. |
| May 2012 | Heavy Rain | Andover | - | A local observer measured 3.01 inches in the last 24 hours. |
| May 2012 | Heavy Rain | Andover | - | A local observer measured 5.50 inches in the last 24 hours. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Andover | - | Golfball to baseball sized hail damaged a car on 161st Ave. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Reported by city official. Several trees down across road. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Andover | - | Reported at Round Lake Blvd and 45th. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Scattered trees toppled. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Tress and power lines were downed. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Scattered trees and power lines down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andover | - | Large branches down. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Andover | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Andover | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constance | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Ham Lake | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Northdale | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Johnsville | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Thompson Heights | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Oak Park | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Soderville | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Anoka | 5.6 miles | 19 |
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 Andover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q492833 | 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 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.










