Askov, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Askov City. It lies in ZIP code area 55704. The Survey maps it on the Sandstone North quadrangle. 331 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,168 feet above sea level.
On record in Askov
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 5 records
Bethlehem Lutheran Churchlisted 1980
Peter P. Kilstofte Farmsteadlisted 1980
Partridge Township Halllisted 1980- Cloverton Schoollisted 1980
- Red Clover Land Company Demonstration Farmlisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresAskov fell from 364 to 331 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 | 364 | |
| 2020 | 331 | -33 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Sandstone quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Sandstone quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Sandstone North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
211 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Askov between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,318 acres in total. None started naturally. 38 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 | 82 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2015 | 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
23 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Askov in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | A portion of Interstate 35 was blocked by a large downed tree. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | A 4 to 5 inch diameter tree was snapped about 2 feet from the ground. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | Four birch trees were uprooted. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | Broken tree limbs were blown onto the road. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Askov | - | The Pine County Sheriff's Office reported Pioneer Lane was under water in Askov, MN. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | A fallen tree was blocking Minnesota Highway 23 at Degerstorm Road. |
| October 2011 | Hail | Askov | - | An inch of rain fell in one hour. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | Large trees were blown down. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Askov | - | Rainfall of 0.90 inch was measured after a ten minute downpour. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | A few trees were uprooted. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Askov | - | The tornado touch down briefly in an open, rural area. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | Nine-inch diameter trees were blown down. Wind speed is estimated. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | Tree branches up to 9 inches in diameter were broken off. Wind speed is estimated. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Askov | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Askov | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Askov | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Askov | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Askov | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Askov | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Askov | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Askov | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Askov | - | 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 Askov | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1842834 | 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 639478. 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.




