Ashby, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ashby City. It lies in ZIP code area 56309. The Survey maps it on the Ashby quadrangle. 469 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,296 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAshby grew from 446 to 469 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 | 446 | |
| 2020 | 469 | +23 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1913 USGS Ashby quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Ashby quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Ashby between 2000 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | EVAVOLD |
| 27 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
31 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashby in 31 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 13 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | $250,000 | Several semi-trucks were blown off Interstate 94 near Ashby. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | $120,000 | A semi tractor-trailer combination traveling on westbound I-94 was blown over onto an SUV that had parked on the shoulder of the highway due to an approaching storm. Reports indicate that three individuals were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Time estimated based on radar. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EF4) | Ashby | $100,000 | This tornado began in Grant County, but after about two miles, it crossed into Otter Tail County, where it ended about 5 miles east of Dalton. The total track through both counties was about 9 miles. Peak winds were estimated at 170 mph, based on available damage indicators. At least 10 farmsteads were impacted, with three homes, one pole shed, and one machine shed destroyed. |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Ashby | $75,000 | The upper level of a house was lost due to a lightning fire. The downstairs was damaged by water that was used to fight the fire. The family escaped unharmed. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | $10,000 | Several large tree limbs and tree tops were snapped off. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | $10,000 | Trees were blown down and a roof was blown off. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | $1,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Ashby | $1,000 | Lightning hit a huge cottonwood tree near a lake home on Pelican Lake. A piece of the tree slammed into a door, shattering the glass. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | Large branches broken down and trees uprooted near downtown Ashby. Wind gusts estimated from 70 to 80 mph. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | Two semi trucks were flipped over along Interstate 94. Time estimated based on nearby wind sensors. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | A few large tree branches were blown down. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Ashby | - | The hail fell along Interstate 94 near the Otter Tail County line. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Ashby | - | Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail fell near Interstate 94 in western Pelican Lake Township. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | At least one oak tree and numerous oak and poplar branches and limbs were blown down across northwest Pelican Lake township. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Ashby | - | In inch or more of pea to penny sized hail caused very icy conditions along stretches of Interstate 94 in northeastern Grant County. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Ashby | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell along with heavy rains and strong winds. Some small branches were broken down and lawn chairs were blown around in a farm yard. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Ashby | - | Minor tree damage was also reported. |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Ashby | - | A wall cloud with a well defined funnel were observed just west of Interstate 94 near Pelican Lake. |
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Ashby | - | Numerous large tree limbs were broken off in shelter belts near Interstate 94 and in treed areas bordering the northwest corner of Pelican Lake. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Ashby | - | The hail fell across Interstate 94 near the Grant and Otter Tail county line. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | A steel grain bin was blown off its foundation and onto a pole shed. The pole shed was knocked down and some machinery inside it was damaged. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | Two trees and numerous branches were blown down. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Ashby | - | Street flooding was reported. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Ashby | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erdahl | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Thorsborg (historical) | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Elbow Lake | 10.9 miles | 10 | |
| Barrett | 13.2 miles | 10 | |
| Wendell | 15.5 miles | 10 | |
| Hereford (historical) | 18.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hoffman | 18.2 miles | 10 | |
| Norcross | 25.4 miles | 10 |
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 Ashby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2208423 | 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 639472. 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.






