Beaver Creek, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Beaver Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56116. The Survey maps it on the Hills quadrangle. 280 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,450 feet above sea level.
On record in Beaver Creek
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 2 records
Bridge No. L-4646listed 1989
First National Bank of Beaver Creeklisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresBeaver Creek fell from 297 to 280 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 | 297 | |
| 2020 | 280 | -17 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Hills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Beaver Creek in 2020, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | INC # 105 9/29/2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
51 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaver Creek in 51 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 3 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed two empty grain bins which each had a 150 thousand bushel capacity. The winds also blew down power lines, resulting in a power outage, and caused widespread tree damage, including several trees uprooted or blown down. Tree debris blocked several city streets. The winds also damaged crops, especially corn, but the amount of crop damage could not be determined. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds overturned a semi truck on State Highway 23. |
| June 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Beaver Creek | $5,000 | A weak tornado knocked the chimney off a roof. Debris from the chimney damaged a truck and lawn chairs. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | A very non-uniform hailstone measured at 2.8 inches at its widest. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured as high as 70 mph at the Minnesota Department of Transportation site near Beaver Creek. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down a large rotten tree in town and also some small branches on other trees. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | The roof on a cattle barn was blown off by thunderstorm wind gusts. Several surrounding tree limbs from 6 to 10 inches in diameter were also broken. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts up to 58 mph were measured at the Minnesota Road Weather Information System site near Beaver Creek. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 72 mph was measured by Minnesota Road Weather Information System site MN005 1 mile west-southwest Beaver Creek. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a concrete silo, damaged numerous outbuildings, and snapped several trees. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was measured by Minnesota Road Weather Information System site 1 mile west-southwest of Beaver Creek. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | Roof panels were torn off a hog barn by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | Concrete silo collapsed due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph was measured by the Minnesota Road Weather Information System site MN005 1 mile west-southwest of Beaver Creek. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | An extended period of thunderstorm wind gusts of 58 mph or greater was measured by Minnesota Road Weather Information System site MN006 1 mile west-southwest of Beaver Creek. A peak wind gust of 83 mph occurred at 1600CST. In addition, multiple large tree branches were downed in the city of Beaver Creek. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by Minnesota RWIS site MN006 located 1 mile west southwest of Beaver Creek. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | A narrow path of crop damage, possibly related to a miso vortex within a broader wind field, was identified using Sentinel satellite imagery. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | Thunderstorm wind gust measured by Minnesota Road Weather Information System site MN006. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | RWIS site along Interstate 90 measured wind gust. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | Measured by MNDOT rwis station. |
| March 2018 | Flood | Beaver Creek | - | Runoff from heavy rain and snow melt caused inundation of low-lying stretches of township roads near 50th Avenue and 91st Street. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | Remote Minnesota DOT sensor at Beaver Creek. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | Measured at Minnesota Department of Transportation's RWIS station at Beaver Creek. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Beaver Creek | - | A funnel cloud appeared to be moving to the southeast. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Beaver Creek | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of Interstate 90 by Beaver Creek and of several county roads. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | Large hail caused considerable damage to crops. Some soybean crops were destroyed. Corn crops affected were expected to recover, according to the county extension agent, because the crops were young, with the growing point still below the ground and able to produce new stalks. Therefore, the amount of crop damage was not known. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | Thunderstorm winds of unknown speed blew down trees. |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Beaver Creek | - | A tornado traveled along an intermittent path west of the town of Beaver Creek and damaged or destroyed several buildings and downed several trees. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Beaver Creek | - | 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 Beaver Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2334540 | 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 639816. 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.



