Buhl, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Great Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55713. The Survey maps it on the Buhl quadrangle. 952 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,526 feet above sea level.
On record in Buhl
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
Buhl Public Librarylisted 1983
Buhl Village Halllisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresBuhl fell from 1,000 to 952 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 | 1,000 | |
| 2020 | 952 | -48 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1951 USGS Buhl quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
162 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Buhl between 1992 and 2020, burning about 625 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 80 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 | 80 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 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
10 of 165 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 165 workings within 5 miles of Buhl: 129 past producers, 23 producers, 12 prospects, 1 unknown. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billings Mine | Iron, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1919 | |
| Bruce Mine | Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | 1927 | |
| Dunwoody Mine | Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Fraser Mine | Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese | Past Producer | 1928 | |
| Hibtac Pit & Mill | Granite | Producer | ||
| Midway No.2 Mine | Iron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free | Past Producer | ||
| Niles | Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Producer | 1913, 1942 | |
| Sharon Mine | Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1902 | |
| Wabigon & Wabigon No.2 Mine | Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1925 | |
| State Road No 66 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buhl in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhl | 1 hurt | A tree fell at a campground on Stubler Lake landing on a tent and injuring a 7 year old boy. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhl | $10,000 | Several large trees were blown down. One car was crushed. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhl | - | Four inch diameter trees were snapped by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Buhl | - | Photos from Buhl showed several large stones. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Buhl | - | Dime to quarter size hail fell. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Buhl | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lucknow | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Kinney | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Scott | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Sherwood | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Clair Junction | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wilpen | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Dunwoody Junction | 5.5 miles | 13 |
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 Buhl | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1891771 | 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 660903. 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.





