Carlos, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Carlos City. It lies in ZIP code area 56319. The Survey maps it on the Alexandria East quadrangle. 497 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,371 feet above sea level.
On record in Carlos
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
Lake Carlos State Park WPA/Rustic Style Historic Districtlisted 1992- Lake Carlos State Park WPA/Rustic Style Group Camplisted 1992
- August Tonn Farmsteadlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresCarlos fell from 502 to 497 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 | 502 | |
| 2020 | 497 | -5 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Alexandria East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Minnewaska quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Carlos between 1993 and 2010, burning about 134 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Carlos: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R & R Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wonderlake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carlos in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 11 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlos | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down in Carlos, with damage to a garage door. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlos | - | A few large tree branches were blown down near Carlos. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Carlos | - | The local park ranger reported nickel size hail for approximately 3 minutes northwest of Carlos. |
| July 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Carlos | - | Hundreds of trees were uprooted or broken near Lake Carlos. Some trees fell on power lines. No structural damage was noted or reported. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlos | - | Several large tree branches were blown down in Carlos. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Carlos | - | Winds were estimated around 45 mph, along with dime size hail and 1.18 inches of rainfall. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlos | - | Trees down. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Carlos | - | Hail was reported at Lake Carlos State Park. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlos | - | Few trees downed at Lake Carlos State Park. This was the first report from a complex of storms that would enter Todd and Morrison Counties, and which produced the tornado 4 ESE Long Prairie at 1355. The last report from this batch of storms was in Morrison County at 1430. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlos | - | Tree down, slight damage to home. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Carlos | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Carlos | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Carlos | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Carlos | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Carlos | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Carlos | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Carlos | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Carlos | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Carlos | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belle River | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Miltona | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hiview Park | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Nelson | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Alexandria | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Spruce Center | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Rose City | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Leaf Valley | 10.3 miles | 9 |
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 Carlos | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1823077 | 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 640899. 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.




