Barnum, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Barnum City. It lies in ZIP code area 55707. It stands on West Fork Moose Horn River. The Survey maps it on the Barnum quadrangle. 620 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,106 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBarnum grew from 613 to 620 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 | 613 | |
| 2020 | 620 | +7 (+1%) |
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
- 1956 USGS Barnum quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Barnum quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Barnum between 1992 and 2020, burning about 198 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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 | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Barnum: 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse Reserve St-4 | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Syracuse Reserve St-4 | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hatchery Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Miller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Uranium Prospect No 2 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Uranium Prospect No 5 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Uranium Prospect No 7 | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barnum in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnum | - | A thunderstorm microburst blew down 30-40 foot tall trees along Interstate 35 both north and south of the Barnum exit. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnum | - | A large pine tree that was blow down fell on a house. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnum | - | Many trees were blown down in Barnum. One of the larger trees was estimated to be 16 inches in diameter. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnum | - | Three maple trees, about 12 in diameter, were snapped approximately 16 up from the base. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Barnum | - | no account filed |
| September 2024 | Hail | Barnum | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Barnum | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Barnum | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Barnum | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Barnum | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Hail | Barnum | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnum | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Lake | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Nemadji | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Hillside Terrace Homes | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Mahtowa | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Duesler | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Atkinson | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Kettle River | 10.1 miles | 7 | |
| Otter Creek | 11.6 miles | 8 |
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 Barnum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1946247 | 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 639642. 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.




