Bovey, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Bovey City. It lies in ZIP code area 55709. The Survey maps it on the Bovey quadrangle. 829 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,316 feet above sea level.
On record in Bovey
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
- Bovey Village Halllisted 1991
- Hartley Sugar Camplisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresBovey grew from 804 to 829 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 | 804 | |
| 2020 | 829 | +25 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1920 USGS Trout Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Bovey quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Pokegama Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
125 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Bovey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 344 acres in total. None started naturally. 45 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 | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2000 | 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
10 of 74 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 74 workings within 5 miles of Bovey: 40 past producers, 21 producers, 11 prospects, 2 occurrences. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Mine | Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Silica | Past Producer | 1943 | |
| Fargo Reserve H-5 | Iron, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Holman-Cliffs Mine | Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum | Past Producer | 1907 | |
| Bovey-Delaittre Reserve H-27 | Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Prospect | ||
| Hill Lake Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Homestead 0-68 Reserve | Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Prospect | ||
| Itasca County Marl Beds No 1 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Itasca County Marl Beds No 2 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Plummer Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| U.S. Steel Reserve O-69 | Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Prospect |
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bovey in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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 2024 | Flash Flood | Bovey | - | Flooding was reported on the north side of Coleraine. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bovey | - | An eight inch diameter pine tree was snapped about five feet above the ground level. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Bovey | - | A few small branches were downed as well. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bovey | - | A tree fell onto a home and took down a power line. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bovey | - | Many trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Bovey | - | Rainfall was measured at 2.15 inches. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Bovey | - | Rainfall was measured at 2.15 inches. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bovey | - | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bovey | - | Large trees were broken and limbs were blown down. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Bovey | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Bovey | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Bovey | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Bovey | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Bovey | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bovey | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bovey | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Bovey | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Bovey | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Bovey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coleraine | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Canisteo | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Taconite | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Holman | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| La Prairie | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Silverwood | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Gunn | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Marble | 6.6 miles | 10 |
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 Bovey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2346815 | 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 655489. 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.






