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Blackduck, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Blackduck City. It lies in ZIP code area 56630. The Survey maps it on the Blackduck quadrangle. 845 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,398 feet above sea level.

Blackduck within Beltrami County

On record in Blackduck

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

Population over time

2 figures

Blackduck grew from 785 to 845 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.

YearPeople Change
2010785
2020845+60 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Blackduck between 1992 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 burning28
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2007Debris and open burning1.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 July 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 June 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 June 1995Natural1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 June 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2015Fireworks1.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beltrami County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Blackduck: 1 producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beighley Bros PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Beltrami County

Storms near this place

38 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blackduck in 38 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 22 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2009Thunderstorm WindBlackduck$8,000A small utility shed was blown down near Blackduck Lake.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBlackduck$5,000A boat with four occupants aboard overturned on Blackduck Lake, due to a combination of factors. The lake was rough at the time, but weather was not the main issue. However, thunderstorm winds did hamper rescue efforts following the accident. Two of the occupants were rescued but two others drowned.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindBlackduck$2,000Significant tree damage was reported southwest of Blackduck. At Blackduck Lake, a car and camper were damaged by falling trees.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindBlackduck$1,000Large trees were damaged by the wind.
August 2024HailBlackduck-Emergency Manager reports golf ball sized hail in Blackduck, MN.
August 2024HailBlackduck-Trained spotter reports quarter sized hail. Lasted 5 minutes, and garden was damaged.
May 2023HailBlackduck-Corrects previous hail report from 2 NE Blackduck. 1 - 1.25 inch hail.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBlackduck-Several large tree branches were down. Power lines down. Time is estimated based on local wind sensor reports prior to the reported power outages.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBlackduck-A pine tree was snapped at Dunrovin resort. Report and photo was posted via social media. Time estimated based on radar and nearby wind sensors.
September 2021HailBlackduck-Hail ranged from dimes to quarters and was accompanied by brief heavy rain and very strong winds.
July 2021HailBlackduck-Small hail covered the ground, with quarter sized hail mixed in. Hail fell for about 1 to 2 minutes across portions of southeastern Langor Township.
July 2021HailBlackduck-Golf ball sized hail reported at the Blackduck golf course. Damaging winds and large hail occurred across most of the Blackduck Lake area and Hines Township from 530 PM CDT to 540 PM CDT.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBlackduck-Multiple trees were blown down between Blackduck and Kelliher.
July 2014HailBlackduck-The hail fell on the north shore of Blackduck Lake.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBlackduck-Very strong winds and pea sized hail were reported on the north shore of Blackduck Lake.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBlackduck-Shingles were blown off of multiple structures and a steeple was blown off a church.
July 2011HailBlackduck-A few dime to quarter sized hailstones fell along with heavy rain and very strong winds.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBlackduck-A spotter reported 70 mph winds west of Blackduck.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBlackduck-Many trees were blown down. Scattered electrical outages were also reported.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBlackduck-A few birch trees were blown over and several large branches were broken off of evergreens along the east end of Rabideau Lake.
June 2005Tornado (F1)Blackduck-The tornado tracked through trees and crossed scenic highway 39 south of Blackduck. Many large trees were knocked down along the damage path. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 100 mph.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBlackduck-A sheriff's deputy reported trees bent over and blinding rain.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindBlackduck-Strong thunderstorm winds blew over two small campers and lifted the roof from a building. Shingles were also blown from the roofs of a number of area homes.
July 2014HailBlackduck-no account filed
July 2011HailBlackduck-no account filed
May 2009HailBlackduck-no account filed
June 2007HailBlackduck-no account filed
August 2004HailBlackduck-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBlackduck-no account filed
May 2001HailBlackduck-no account filed
May 2001HailBlackduck-no account filed
May 2001HailBlackduck-no account filed
July 2000HailBlackduck-no account filed
June 1999HailBlackduck-no account filed
June 1999HailBlackduck-no account filed
July 1999HailBlackduck-no account filed
July 1999HailBlackduck-no account filed
June 1997HailBlackduck-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Beltrami County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Langor4.0 miles9
Hines5.5 miles9
Funkley7.1 miles10
Tenstrike8.5 miles9
Inez8.9 miles9
Shooks11.4 miles10
Quiring13.1 miles9
Turtle River14.7 miles11

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 BlackduckAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1926696The 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 655419. 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.