Cloquet, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Cloquet City. It lies in ZIP code area 55720. It lies near Dunlap Island. The Survey maps it on the Cloquet quadrangle. 12,568 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,207 feet above sea level.
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On record in Cloquet
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 8 records
Church of Sts. Joseph and Mary-Catholiclisted 1984
Cloquet City Halllisted 1985
Cloquet-Northern Office Buildinglisted 1985
Northeastern Hotellisted 1984
Shaw Memorial Librarylisted 1985- Cloquet High Schoollisted 2021
- Lindholm Oil Company Service Stationlisted 1985
- Park Place Historic Districtlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresCloquet grew from 12,124 to 12,568 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 | 12,124 | |
| 2020 | 12,568 | +444 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Cloquet quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
301 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 301 fires within 5 miles of Cloquet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 179 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 56 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 | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cloquet: 7 producers, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton County Sand Bed | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Bush Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Carter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| G N Lindsay Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Koski Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Scanlon Pit and Shop | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tompson Township Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Williams Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
49 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cloquet in 49 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 29 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2002 | Lightning | Cloquet | $500,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Lightning | Cloquet | $120,000 | A lightning bolt caused considerable roof and structural damage to the Queen of Peace Catholic Church. Damage to the electrical, phone, and public address system was also noted. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloquet | $4,000 | Power lines and trees were blown down in and around Cloquet. Many small tree limbs were also blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloquet | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in and around Cloquet, including a 40-foot pine tree. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloquet | $2,000 | Large trees were blown down near Big Lake. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloquet | $2,000 | The top of a spruce tree was snapped off, four large basswood trees were blown down, and a couple of tent poles were broken. The damage occurred near Big Lake. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloquet | $500 | A 12-inch diameter tree was blown down across a road. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloquet | - | A large, healthy tee was down on the north side of Cloquet onto a fence causing damage to the fence. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Cloquet | - | The southbound lanes of Minnesota Highway 33 1.5 miles north of Cloquet were beginning to flood and traffic was having to slow to navigate the water on the road. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Cloquet | - | Storm sewer manhole covers were flipped over. Standing water was also reported in town. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloquet | - | A 12 to 18 inch diameter tree branch was knocked down partially blocking Grant Avenue. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloquet | - | There were numerous trees blown down across Cloquet, which was reported from a retired NWS employee. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloquet | - | Trees were blown down and power outages were reported near the Black Bear Casino. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloquet | - | The severe thunderstorm winds occurred at the intersection of Interstate 35 and Highway 210. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloquet | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Cloquet | - | The hail was one inch in diameter 3 miles west of Cloquet. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Flood | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Cloquet | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloquet | - | 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 Cloquet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q859290 | 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 641345. 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.



