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Arlington, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Arlington City. It lies in ZIP code area 55307. The Survey maps it on the Arlington quadrangle. 2,247 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,004 feet above sea level.

Arlington within Sibley County

Population over time

2 figures

Arlington grew from 2,233 to 2,247 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
20102,233
20202,247+14 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

Storms near this place

40 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arlington in 40 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 18 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 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
August 2002Thunderstorm WindArlington$60,000Barn and sheds down. Three grain bins tipped over. Semi blown over. Several dozen trees toppled.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindArlington$20,000A NWS Storm Survey indicated no area of concentrated damage in Arlington, Minnesota. There was damage to several dozen trees around town. In addition, a small portion of a roof was blown off in Arlington. Damage was not concentrated in any area, and was deemed most likely to have occurred from downburst winds.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindArlington-Many 3 to 4 inch branches down, and one tree knocked down west of Arlington.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindArlington-Report of trees down in Arlington.
June 2024Heavy RainArlington-A total of 3.25 to 3.50 inches of rain fell in Sibley County near Arlington, MN.
June 2024FloodArlington-The county ditch system was damaged during the 6-2-24 event.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindArlington-In the city of Arlington, a large tree blew down on power lines on Meadowbrook Lane.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindArlington-Power lines were blown down in the city of Arlington.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindArlington-A large tree blew down in Arlington.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindArlington-A large 8-12 inch diameter tree was blown down west of Arlington, Minnesota.
June 2013Heavy RainArlington-A measured rainfall total of 3.30 inches fell in a four hour period.
June 2013Heavy RainArlington-A measured rainfall total of 3.07 inches fell in a four hour period.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindArlington-Power lines were blown down southeast of Arlington, Minnesota.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindArlington-Numerous trees uprooted, power lines down, many large branches down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindArlington-Sixty trees up to 3 feet in diameter were downed. The most concentrated area of damage was on the east side of town. The tin roof of a shed was also blown off.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindArlington-Ten inch diameter tree felled.
August 2002Tornado (F0)Arlington-Touched down in open field.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindArlington-Barn down. Winds estimated.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindArlington-Large trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindArlington-5 inch branches down. 8 inches of rain also reported. Storm sewers were overflowing in Winthrop. Estimated windspeed.
July 1995Tornado (F1)Arlington-Small shed destroyed and numerous trees down. This was an estimated width.
July 1995Tornado (F0)Arlington-Touched down in field.
July 2024HailArlington-no account filed
October 2023HailArlington-no account filed
August 2023HailArlington-no account filed
August 2023HailArlington-no account filed
July 2019HailArlington-no account filed
May 2011HailArlington-no account filed
July 2008HailArlington-no account filed
June 2007HailArlington-no account filed
June 2007HailArlington-no account filed
June 2007HailArlington-no account filed
September 2005HailArlington-no account filed
April 2002HailArlington-no account filed
May 2002HailArlington-no account filed
June 2001HailArlington-no account filed
June 1999HailArlington-no account filed
June 1999HailArlington-no account filed
March 1998HailArlington-no account filed
August 1998HailArlington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sibley 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
New Rome4.5 miles11
Green Isle6.2 miles11
Gaylord8.3 miles11
Jessenland8.7 miles11
New Auburn9.1 miles11
Rush River9.9 miles9
Sibley Estates East10.6 miles11
Henderson10.7 miles11

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 ArlingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1944206The 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 639437. 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.

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.