Braham, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Braham City. It lies in ZIP code area 55006. The Survey maps it on the Braham quadrangle. 1,769 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 958 feet above sea level.
On record in Braham
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 1 record
Oscar Olson Houselisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresBraham fell from 1,793 to 1,769 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 | 1,793 | |
| 2020 | 1,769 | -24 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 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 Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Braham quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
105 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Braham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 348 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Braham: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Braham in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braham | $50,000 | Several trees blew down near Braham, including damage to an outbuilding. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Braham | $50,000 | Numerous cars, windows, roofs and siding damaged. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Braham | - | A measured rainfall report of 3.07 inches fell west near Braham in 24 hours. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braham | - | A large tree was uprooted near Braham. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braham | - | Eight inch diameter trees were downed onto Highway 107. |
| October 2004 | Hail | Braham | - | Hail larger than a golf ball damaged a vehicle. The time was estimated. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braham | - | A few trees down. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braham | - | Tree fell on home. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braham | - | Estimated winds, trees toppled. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braham | - | Car blown into ditch. Trees down. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Braham | - | Large trees blown over. Estimated windspeed. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Braham | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Braham | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Braham | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Braham | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Braham | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Braham | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Braham | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Braham | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Braham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andree | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Stanchfield | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Stanchfield Corner | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Grandy | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Elm Park | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Springvale | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cambridge | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Day | 11.1 miles | 12 |
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 Braham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q922449 | 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 640423. 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.








