Canby, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Canby City. It lies in ZIP code area 56220. The Survey maps it on the Canby quadrangle. 1,695 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,237 feet above sea level.
On record in Canby
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 3 records
Canby Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1980
John G. Lund Houselisted 1978
Lundring Service Stationlisted 1986
Population over time
2 figuresCanby fell from 1,795 to 1,695 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 | 1,795 | |
| 2020 | 1,695 | -100 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Canby quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Canby in 2012, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 October 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Canby: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D and C Gravel Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canby in 33 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 16 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Canby | $500,000 | A tornado moved across several farmsteads, destroying several outbuildings, uprooting or breaking hundreds of trees, and damaging crops. About seven hay bales (each with a diameter of six feet) were blown apart for about 1/4 mile downwind. The damage pattern suggested this was a multiple vortex tornado. The tornado was accompanied by a damaging rear flank downdraft just to the south of the tornado. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canby | $250,000 | In addition to the Canby Airport severe wind gust, two structures had significant damage in Canby. One house had its roof torn off north of Canby, and a church in Canby had its tin roof blown off. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canby | $100,000 | Strong rear flank downdraft winds accompanied a tornado. The winds tipped over two silos that landed on top of a barn about 4 miles south of Canby. The winds also toppled dozens of trees. Even after the tornado dissipated, strong winds continued eastward into the city of Porter, with occasional tree and crop damage along the way. |
| May 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Canby | - | A funnel cloud was photographed near Canby. Other funnel clouds may have occurred in the area, but additional information was not provided. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Canby | - | A storm chaser took photos of a landspout tornado. It was mostly over an open field, but did knock down large branches of a few trees. Part of the circulation moved across a tractor being driven by a local farmer, but the vehicle remained upright. The time was based on the chaser's phone and compared with radar. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Canby | - | Hail covered the driveway of residence. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canby | - | Wind gust measured at the Canby Airport. The gust resulted from a Heat Burst caused by decaying thunderstorms and a very warm and dry lower and middle atmosphere. In addition to the wind gust, the temperature jumped from 91 degrees to 100 degrees between 10:35 PM and 11:15 PM. The dew point temperature also dropped from 63 degrees to 32 degrees between 1035 PM and 1115 PM. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canby | - | Law enforcement officers reported downed trees. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canby | - | Trees and branches were downed. A few business signs were damaged and a large piece of tin roofing material was thrown approximately 50 yards. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canby | - | Trees were downed and a wagon was tossed into a pasture on a farm in Fortier Township. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Canby | - | No damage, touchdown in open field. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canby | - | Numerous 6 inch diameter branches down. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Canby | - | Hail punched holes in plexiglass porch sunroof. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canby | - | Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canby | - | Trees and powerlines blown down. Barns destroyed. Minor damage to high school. Grain bin also blown down in Porter. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canby | - | Trees down. |
| October 1997 | Hail | Canby | - | Hail damage included roof of bus garage, elementary school windows and a school vehicle. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canby | - | There was some roof damage. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Canby | - | A tornado touched down briefly near Canby damaging some buildings on a farmstead and downing several trees. |
| July 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Canby | - | A tornado touched down briefly near Canby damaging some buildings on a farmstead and downing several trees. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Canby | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Canby | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Canby | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Canby | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Canby | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Canby | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Canby | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Canby | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Canby | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Canby | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Canby | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canby | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Canby | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burr | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Porter | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Leo | 11.9 miles | 8 | |
| Spring Creek | 22.7 miles | 9 | |
| Normania | 25.2 miles | 9 | |
| Clarkfield | 25.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hazel Run | 29.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hanley Falls | 34.7 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 Canby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q687904 | 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 640861. 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.



