Bagley, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bagley City. It lies in ZIP code area 56621. It stands on Walker Brook. The Survey maps it on the Bagley quadrangle. 1,285 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,450 feet above sea level.
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On record in Bagley
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
Gran Evangelical Lutheran Churchlisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresBagley fell from 1,392 to 1,285 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 | 1,392 | |
| 2020 | 1,285 | -107 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1943 USGS Bagley quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Bagley quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fosston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Bagley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 344 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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 | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bagley: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dahlke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gesell East Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gesell No 2 East Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| North Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
41 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bagley in 41 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 20 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Flash Flood | Bagley | $20,000 | Highway 92 south of Highway 2 was closed off due to debris jams and flooding near the Clearwater River Bridge, and for a short distance upriver along the Clearwater River and the confluence of the Walker Brook. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | $2,000 | A 60 mph wind gust blew down some small trees and a screened porch. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Bagley | $1,000 | Law Enforcement reports flash flooding with a squad car under water. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | $500 | Trees were blown down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | $200 | The strong wind blew down large branches. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | Small tree downed in addition to pea-sized hail and very heavy rain. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Bagley | - | The hail fell with very heavy rain. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | Numerous 3 to 4 inch diameter tree branches were broken down around the Bagley golf course. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | A four wheel utility wagon was flipped over by the strong wind. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Bagley | - | The hail varied in size from pea to nickel. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | Numerous large pine, oak, and poplar trees and branches and power lines were blown down in the Bagley area. The worst damage was in southern Copley Township. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | Small tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | A few large 3 to 5 inch diameter branches were broken down at a farmstead. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | Roof and tree damage was reported. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | 2 inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | A large blue spruce tree was uprooted. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | Large spruce trees were snapped off by the strong wind. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | Large branches were blown down. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | A 20 inch diameter tree was blown across Highway 92. |
| August 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Bagley | - | The tornado made a brief touchdown in a open pasture. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagley | - | 60 mph winds uprooted trees and took the roof off a screened porch. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Bagley | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Bagley | - | 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 Bagley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2232169 | 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 639566. 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.





