Caribou, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Caribou Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56735. The Survey maps it on the Caribou quadrangle.
On record in Caribou
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
St. Nicholas Orthodox Churchlisted 1984 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1930 USGS Juneberry quadrangle1:31680
- 1932 USGS Juneberry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Caribou quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Hallock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Caribou between 1995 and 2018, burning about 19,646 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 175 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 12,680 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | CARIBOU FIRE |
| 1 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 640 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 October 2011 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this place
18 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caribou in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 15 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caribou | $2,000 | Several poplar trees were blown down near the intersection of CR4 and Highway 25. Road crews cleared debris from the roadways. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Caribou | - | Spotter estimated hail size. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Caribou | - | Wind and hail impacted portions of eastern Cannon Township, over a mix of wildlife management area and farmland. Time is estimated based on radar. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Caribou | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Caribou | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caribou | - | Three inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Caribou | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Caribou | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Caribou | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Caribou | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Caribou | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Caribou | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Caribou | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Caribou | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Caribou | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Caribou | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Caribou | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Caribou | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654628. 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.
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.







