Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Brooklyn Center City. It lies in ZIP code area 55429. The Survey maps it on the Minneapolis North quadrangle. 33,782 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 853 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBrooklyn Center grew from 30,104 to 33,782 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 | 30,104 | |
| 2020 | 33,782 | +3,678 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1902 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Minneapolis North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Minneapolis North quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Brooklyn Center between 1999 and 2019, burning about 85 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Brooklyn Center: 13 producers, 2 past producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Central Aggregate Pit | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Minn Silica Sand Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Minnesota Silica Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Anderson No 609 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barton Pit No 707 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barton Pit No 725 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chas M Freidheim S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit No 724 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Liychik Pit No 701 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Number 85 Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brooklyn Center in 19 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 11 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooklyn Center | $25,000 | Hundreds of trees were blown down in North Minneapolis. Many landed on houses and vehicles, causing significant damage. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooklyn Center | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down north of Crystal Lake, some were blocking roads. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooklyn Center | $5,000 | A shed and gazebo were damaged in Crystal. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooklyn Center | - | The ASOS station located at Crystal (KMIC) airport, measured a 60mph wind gust, but no reports of damage were received. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Brooklyn Center | - | Areas near, and surrounding the Crystal Shopping Center, and the 5700 Block of Broadway, were closed to to high water. Also, the 5600 Block of Corvallis Avenue was closed due to high water. |
| November 2012 | Hail | Brooklyn Center | - | A video from the public contained information of quarter size hail that fell near Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooklyn Center | - | Several large branches were blown down near Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Brooklyn Center | - | Hail occurred at 36th and Louisianna. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Brooklyn Center | - | Hail occurred at North Memorial Hospital. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Brooklyn Center | - | Hail occurred at Boone Ave. and 32nd. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooklyn Center | - | Medium sized trees were downed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooklyn Center | - | An 8 inch diameter tree was downed. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Brooklyn Center | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Brooklyn Center | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Brooklyn Center | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Brooklyn Center | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Brooklyn Center | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Brooklyn Center | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Brooklyn Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Park | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Robbinsdale | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Crystal | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| New Hope | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Golden Valley | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Osseo | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| West Coon Rapids | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Glenwood Junction | 6.1 miles | 26 |
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 Brooklyn Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q929519 | 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 640508. 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.










