Chisholm, Minnesota
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Chisholm City. It lies in ZIP code area 55719. The Survey maps it on the Hibbing quadrangle. 4,775 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,535 feet above sea level.
On record in Chisholm
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
Bruce Mine Headframelisted 1978
Chisholm Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2016
Saints Peter and Paul Church-Ukranian Catholiclisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresChisholm fell from 4,976 to 4,775 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 | 4,976 | |
| 2020 | 4,775 | -201 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1951 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
395 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 395 fires within 5 miles of Chisholm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,344 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 260 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 | 260 |
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 205 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 205 workings within 5 miles of Chisholm: 154 past producers, 28 producers, 20 prospects, 2 plants. 30 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Mine | Iron, Water, Free, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Aluminum | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Billings Mine | Iron, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1919 | |
| Bruce Mine | Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | 1927 | |
| Dunwoody Mine | Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Fraser Mine | Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese | Past Producer | 1928 | |
| Hibbing Taconite Mine | Iron, Silica | Producer | 1976 | |
| Hibtac Pit & Mill | Granite | Producer | ||
| Niagra No.1 Reserve St-11 | Iron, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Aluminum, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Niles | Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Producer | 1913, 1942 | |
| South Tener Mine | Iron, Silica, Water, Free, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum | Past Producer | 1928 |
Storms near this place
18 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chisholm in 18 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 11 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 | Chisholm | - | Multiple healthy large tree branches were down and one tree trunk snapped within a couple blocks radius. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Chisholm | - | Holes in rain gutters and dents in a car suggest larger hail to perhaps 3 inches may have occurred. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Chisholm | - | Significant curb to curb street flooding was reported across Chisholm. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Chisholm | - | Water was quickly pooling on streets, parking lots and yards. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chisholm | - | Trees and powerlines were blown down by the strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Chisholm | - | Hail covered the road. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chisholm | - | Several large trees were blown down. Also, a large tree fell on a garage in Hibbing. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chisholm | - | The winds brought down trees and damaged homes on the northwest side of town to about Lake Street. The damage was mainly to windows, chimneys, and screen doors. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chisholm | - | Severe thunderstorms with strong winds were prevalent mainly north and east of Virginia. Two thousand Lake Country Power customers lost power. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Chisholm | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Chisholm | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Chisholm | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Chisholm | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Chisholm | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Chisholm | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Chisholm | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Chisholm | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Chisholm | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Clair Junction | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Kitzville | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Dunwoody Junction | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Mitchell | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Redore | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Lavinia | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Brooklyn | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Ruby Junction | 4.2 miles | 14 |
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 Chisholm | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2333965 | 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 660998. 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.






