Calumet, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Greenway Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55716. The Survey maps it on the Calumet quadrangle. 334 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,381 feet above sea level.
On record in Calumet
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
Hill Annex Minelisted 1986
Population over time
2 figuresCalumet fell from 367 to 334 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 | 367 | |
| 2020 | 334 | -33 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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 Calumet quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
142 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Calumet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 940 acres in total. None started naturally. 100 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 | 100 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.8 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
| 9 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.8 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 76 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 76 workings within 5 miles of Calumet: 46 past producers, 20 producers, 10 prospects. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Water, Free, Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcturus | Iron, Silica | Producer | 1917 | |
| Patrick-Ann Mine | Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| West Diamond Reserve | Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Prospect | ||
| Delaware #1 & #2 | Iron, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1913 | |
| Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 23w | Iron, Water, Free | Prospect | Surface | |
| Hill Lake Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plummer Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Troumbly Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Allen Rossum Reserve H-8 | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Allen Rossum Reserve H-8 | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calumet in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 4 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calumet | $20,000 | Multiple trees were uprooted and snapped at the location with at least one on a home and another on a vehicle per photos. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Calumet | - | Report of water over the roadway at the intersection of US-169 and Gary Street with the flooding receding as of midnight. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Calumet | - | A windshield was broken by the hail. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calumet | - | A 2 foot diameter oak tree was blown down onto a trailer. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Calumet | - | The hail was covering the ground. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calumet | - | A few trees were blown down. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calumet | - | Eight inch diameter trees were blown down. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Calumet | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Calumet | - | 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.
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 Calumet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2346805 | 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 655597. 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.






