Circle Pines, Minnesota
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Circle Pines City. It lies in ZIP code area 55014. The Survey maps it on the Circle Pines quadrangle. 5,025 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 909 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCircle Pines grew from 4,918 to 5,025 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 | 4,918 | |
| 2020 | 5,025 | +107 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1902 USGS White Bear quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Circle Pines quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS New Brighton quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Circle Pines quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Circle Pines between 1994 and 2020, burning about 928 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Other causes | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 54 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 May 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 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 Circle Pines: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anoka County Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Arsenal Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Circle Pines in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 13 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Hail | Circle Pines | $650,000 | Windows broken due to wind-driven hail. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Circle Pines | $20,000 | A storm survey determined that thunderstorm wind gusts of nearly 65 mph caused two dozen trees to be blown down in the City of Lexington, and also in extreme southeast Blaine, from the intersection of Restwood Road and Syndicate Avenue, to just west of 85th Avenue and Lexington Avenue. All trees were toppled from north to south. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Circle Pines | - | A tree and several large branches were blown down. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Circle Pines | - | Several large trees were downed as well as some large branches broken off of trees. Two of the trees were blocking a road. There was also a public report of a tree that fell through a house. Another report from the same area via social media, showing photos of the downed trees. Time was estimated based on radar. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Circle Pines | - | Several reports of multiple trees blown down, or uprooted in the Lino Lakes area. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Circle Pines | - | Four to six inch tree limbs snapped off one mile East of Lexington and Interstate 35W intersection. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Circle Pines | - | Roof damage. Shed and trees blown down. Estimated windspeed. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Circle Pines | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Circle Pines | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Circle Pines | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Circle Pines | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Circle Pines | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Circle Pines | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Circle Pines | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Circle Pines | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Circle Pines | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Circle Pines | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Circle Pines | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Circle Pines | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Lino Lakes | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Blaine | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Centerville | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Spring Lake Park | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| Johnsville | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Oak Park | 6.2 miles | 20 | |
| Northdale | 7.1 miles | 20 |
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 Circle Pines | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2246527 | 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 641229. 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.










