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Cohasset, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Cohasset City. It lies in ZIP code area 55721. It stands on Bass Brook. The Survey maps it on the Cohasset East quadrangle. 2,689 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,283 feet above sea level.

Cohasset within Itasca County

Population over time

2 figures

Cohasset fell from 2,698 to 2,689 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,698
20202,689-9 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

166 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Cohasset between 1992 and 2020, burning about 193 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 burning90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism18
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 June 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 June 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 June 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 June 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Itasca County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Cohasset: 16 past producers, 9 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, 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
Brink PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brink Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bud Seigel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Casper PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jordon Reserve X-20Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreeProspect
Marr Reserve X-57Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreeProspect
Pokegama Reserve X-56Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreeProspect
Soring PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tioga No.1 Reserve St-5Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer
Tioga No.2 MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1955

Every working recorded in Itasca County

Storms near this place

25 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cohasset in 25 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 12 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 2024Thunderstorm WindCohasset-A backyard jungle gym was lifted by the wind and turned over.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindCohasset-A photo was received showing a 6 to 8 inch diameter tree down along with snapped limbs.
May 2022Tornado (EF0)Cohasset-A brief tornado started near the intersection of County Road 63 and Becker road. The tornado tracked north-northeast, sporadically knocking down trees along the way. While the tree damage was not as significant as other storms on this day, drone imagery provided by a spotter depicted a very clearly convergent signature in the tree damage. The most significant damage from this tornado was the partial lifting off of a roof from a two story home, though no broken windows were noted and |otherwise shingle damage appeared very minor. Sporadic tree damage continued in a path to the north towards the Mississippi River where the damage path appeared to end. Peak winds were estimated to be 85 mph.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCohasset-A tree was knocked over and was blocking a street.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCohasset-A tree was knocked over and was laying on a structure.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCohasset-A large pine tree was uprooted in Cohasset.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCohasset-A 14 inch diameter maple tree was blown down.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCohasset-Several trees, some blown down by gusty thunderstorm winds. Some of the downed trees diameters up to 10.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCohasset-Blown down trees measured 2 feet diameter at breast height.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCohasset-Widespread wind damage occurred.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCohasset-Large trees were snapped off in the middle. Some minor inundation was also reported.
June 2011Heavy RainCohasset-Rainfall of 2.3 inches was measured in the past 18 hours; most fell between 700 AM and 0900 AM CST.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindCohasset-Large tree limbs were blown down.
June 2025HailCohasset-no account filed
June 2022HailCohasset-no account filed
June 2022HailCohasset-no account filed
June 2017HailCohasset-no account filed
June 2011HailCohasset-no account filed
August 2011HailCohasset-no account filed
June 2011HailCohasset-no account filed
May 2006HailCohasset-no account filed
August 2001HailCohasset-no account filed
June 1999HailCohasset-no account filed
May 1998HailCohasset-no account filed
May 1998HailCohasset-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Itasca 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
Bass Brook Court0.7 miles10
Bass Brook2.2 miles10
Lakeview Terrace3.1 miles11
North Star Moblie Home Park4.6 miles11
Grand Rapids5.1 miles11
La Prairie7.4 miles9
Gunn8.4 miles9
Canisteo9.0 miles12

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 CohassetAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2334500The 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 655774. 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.