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Chanhassen, Minnesota

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chanhassen City. It lies in ZIP code area 55317. The Survey maps it on the Shakopee quadrangle. 25,947 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 968 feet above sea level.

Chanhassen within Carver County

On record in Chanhassen

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

Population over time

3 figures

Chanhassen grew from 175 to 25,947 between 1900 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.

YearPeople Change
1900175
201022,952
202025,947+2,995 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

4 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Chanhassen between 2004 and 2013, burning about 2 acres 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
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 June 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeMOUND SPRINGS 3
10 May 2004Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeUPGRALA 1
5 April 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeUPGRALA 1
28 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carver County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chanhassen: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Glenn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Carver County

Storms near this place

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chanhassen in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 18 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 8 heavy rain, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014FloodChanhassen$9,200,000Several sources in Carver County compiled a summary of flood related damages and locations for the flood of June 2014. More than 30 local and county roads were closed due to flooding, including the communities of Chaska, Mayer, Hollywood, Camden, Dahlgren, Young America, Laketown and Watertown. ||The Spring Creek levee failed in Carver. It caused significant mud slides affecting five private properties. In Cologne, 3 private residents had basement flooding. In Victoria, 6-8 homes had flooded basements. In Waconia, 4 homes had flooded basements. ||There were numerous county parks closed and several area lakes had no wake zones due to high water levels. ||During the height of the flooding, all river crossings along the Minnesota River were closed.
May 2001HailChanhassen$500,000Dozens of homes and vehicles damaged.
May 2015HailChanhassen$40,000Two inch diameter hail was reported just south of the National Weather Service Office and produced siding damage. After a survey of the houses, approximately 5-10 homes sustained minor damage.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindChanhassen$10,000There were several trees and power lines blown down in Chanhassen.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindChanhassen$5,000A power pole was blown down near the Junction of County Road 61, and Stoughton Avenue in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindChanhassen$1,000There was a social media picture of a large tree that was snapped near the Chanhassen library.
July 2023Funnel CloudChanhassen-A funnel cloud came over the NWS Twin Cities office, followed by a wind gust of 48 mph.
August 2020Heavy RainChanhassen-A measured rainfall report of 4.47 inches in Chanhassen.
August 2020Heavy RainChanhassen-A measured rainfall report of 4.72 inches in Chanhassen.
August 2020Heavy RainChanhassen-A measured rainfall report of 5.53 inches in Chanhassen.
August 2020Heavy RainChanhassen-A measured rainfall report of 4.59 inches in Chanhassen.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindChanhassen-Several trees (6 to 12 inches in diameter) were snapped.
June 2016Heavy RainChanhassen-The National Weather Service Office in Chanhassen, measured 2.52 inches of rain in less than 4 hours.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindChanhassen-Numerous reports of downed trees and power lines just south of the Carver, Hennepin County line, just south of Excelsior.
July 2013Heavy RainChanhassen-A measured rainfall report of 4.50 inches fell in less than 3 hours.
May 2012Heavy RainChanhassen-The National Weather Service Office measured 3.14 inches in the last 24 hours.
August 2009Heavy RainChanhassen-The NWS in Chanhassen recorded 4.87 inches of rainfall in a six hour period.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindChanhassen-Measured with anemometer.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindChanhassen-Six inch diameter branch down near Audobon Road and Highway 5.
June 2005HailChanhassen-Pea to penny sized hail fell at the National Weather Service office on Lake Drive West.
September 2005HailChanhassen-Dime sized hail covered the ground at the National Weather Service office.
September 2005HailChanhassen-Nickel sized hail covered the ground at the National Weather Service office.
September 2005Flash FloodChanhassen-Law enforcement reported significant flooding at several city intersections. A bluff slump was reported along Highway 101, but did not impact the roadway. Rainfall totals between the afternoon of the 3rd and morning of the 4th included 5.66 inches 2 miles southwest of Chanhassen, 5.55 inches at the National Weather Service office in Chanhassen, and 3.12 inches in Chaska.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindChanhassen-Trees were downed at the intersection of routes 212 and 101. The time was estimated.
October 2004Thunderstorm WindChanhassen-Three 250 lb. signs were blown over and 8" limbs were downed at the intersection of highways 212 and 101.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindChanhassen-At NWS Office. Wind driven hail damaged vehicles and homes.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindChanhassen-Tree blown down. Estimated windspeed.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindChanhassen-Measured at NWS office.
August 1998HailChanhassen-Measured at NWS forecast office.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindChanhassen-Tree blown onto house.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindChanhassen-Several trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds.
April 2022HailChanhassen-no account filed
September 2020HailChanhassen-no account filed
May 2015HailChanhassen-no account filed
June 2015HailChanhassen-no account filed
May 2011HailChanhassen-no account filed
May 2011HailChanhassen-no account filed
June 2008HailChanhassen-no account filed
July 2008HailChanhassen-no account filed
June 2007HailChanhassen-no account filed
May 2001HailChanhassen-no account filed
September 2000HailChanhassen-no account filed
July 1997HailChanhassen-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindChanhassen-no account filed
June 1996Funnel CloudChanhassen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carver County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Carver Beach1.2 miles20
Hazeltine4.1 miles19
Jonathan5.7 miles19
Chaska6.3 miles19
Victoria6.9 miles18
Carver8.5 miles18
Augusta9.2 miles18
Dahlgren10.0 miles18

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 ChanhassenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1992901The 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 641106. 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.