Clearbrook, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clearbrook City. It lies in ZIP code area 56634. The Survey maps it on the Clearbrook quadrangle. 464 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,348 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresClearbrook fell from 518 to 464 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 | 518 | |
| 2020 | 464 | -54 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1943 USGS Bagley quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Clearbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fosston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Clearbrook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 245 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 Clearbrook: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thompson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clearbrook in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 10 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Clearbrook | $350,000 | Water flowed over streets and roads as 7 to 11 inches of rain fell. Most of the road damage occurred along Silver Creek. The city park and 3 homes were also flooded. Several roads were washed out in Itasca State Park. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearbrook | $1,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearbrook | - | Public reports medium-sized branches down and pea-sized hail 3 NE Clearbrook. Wind speed estimated. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearbrook | - | A small tree was blown down in town. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearbrook | - | Very heavy rain and strong winds were reported along with pea to marble sized hail. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearbrook | - | Pine trees were blown down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearbrook | - | Winds blew down two large oak trees and seven cottonwood trees, which blocked a road. There was a significant amount of quarter to half inch hail, sufficient to drift and remain on the ground until evening. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearbrook | - | A few large five to eight inch diameter tree limbs and numerous smaller branches were blown down by the strong winds. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Clearbrook | - | The tornado tracked northward for roughly a mile. Several large trees were knocked down onto power lines and one power pole was snapped along highway 92. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Clearbrook | - | The hail persisted for a half an hour with heavy rain. |
| June 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Clearbrook | - | Muliple brief waterspouts were observed near Peterson Lake. |
| June 2007 | Flood | Clearbrook | - | Basement flooding was reported due to the steady rain. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clearbrook | - | 3 inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Clearbrook | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Clearbrook | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Clearbrook | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Clearbrook | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Clearbrook | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Clearbrook | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Clearbrook | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Clearbrook | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Clearbrook | - | 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.
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 Clearbrook | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2297741 | 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 641310. 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.





