Beaulieu, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Beaulieu Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56557. The Survey maps it on the Beaulieu quadrangle. 103 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,293 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBeaulieu grew from 48 to 103 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 | 48 | |
| 2020 | 103 | +55 (+115%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Beaulieu quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lake Itasca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
130 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Beaulieu between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,315 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 86 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 86 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | PEAT |
| 9 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 43 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | EDWIN LAKE |
| 17 June 2013 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Minnesota Agency | AIR FORCE |
| 8 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 142 acres | Minnesota Agency | ELK RANCH |
| 8 May 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | LAST CALL FIRE |
| 7 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 19 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 46 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaulieu in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 9 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Beaulieu | $500,000 | This tornado tracked to the north-northeast for about 16 miles and lifted about 3 miles south-southwest of Lengby, or near Sugar Bowl Lake. Numerous trees and power poles were snapped along the path. Farm sheds were blown down and hay wagons flipped. The damage path was around 250 yards wide where it crossed county road 122 about 2 miles east of Beaulieu. Peak winds were estimated at 115 mph. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaulieu | - | A number of 4 to 6-inch branches broken down. The wind gusted for about 5 minutes. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaulieu | - | Several large 4 to 6 inch diameter tree branches were broken down as a thunderstorm squall moved through town. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Beaulieu | - | Most of the hail was quarter size. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaulieu | - | Large tree branches were blown down. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Beaulieu | - | The fields looked white like cotton. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Beaulieu | - | 4.1 inches of rain flooded several roads. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Beaulieu | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Beaulieu | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Beaulieu | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Beaulieu | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Beaulieu | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Beaulieu | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Beaulieu | - | 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 Beaulieu | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4877507 | 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 639799. 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.




