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Coon Rapids, Minnesota

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Coon Rapids City. It lies in ZIP code area 55433. It stands on Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Minneapolis North quadrangle. 63,599 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 850 feet above sea level.

Coon Rapids within Anoka County

Population over time

2 figures

Coon Rapids grew from 61,476 to 63,599 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
201061,476
202063,599+2,123 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

33 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Coon Rapids between 1998 and 2019, burning about 432 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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/incendiarism12
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes1

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
12 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 June 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2018Other causesunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 May 2009Debris and open burning6.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anoka County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Coon Rapids: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Anoka County Marl Beds No 2Limestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Anoka County

Storms near this place

43 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coon Rapids in 43 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 21 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Coon Rapids2 hurt, $700,000Tornado touched down in the northeast corner of the intersection of Highway 10 and Main Street, and moved southeast. It lifted off in central Blaine, near the TPC Golf Club, just east of Highway 65 and north of 109th Avenue. Numerous trees were toppled or snapped, and some roof damage was also detected. One home was pushed off its foundation. A number of sheds and garages were destroyed. Two people in the parking lot at Kohl's in the Riverdale Village Shopping Center in Coon Rapids were picked up and blown over by the tornadic winds. In Blaine, one of the hardest hit areas was 118th Avenue, where extensive damage was incurred to several roofs, residential siding, and garages in the area. Several reports of damage were provided by the Coon Rapids Herald, the Blaine and Spring Lake Park Sun Focus, and other local newspapers.
September 2005Tornado (F2)Coon Rapids1 hurt, $5,000,000A damage survey determined that the tornado touched down in the east central portion of Coon Rapids, only a few blocks west of the border with Blaine. It traveled east-southeast causing mostly F0 to F1 damage at first, but strengthened to F2 status near the intersection of Jefferson Street and 104th Court. The tornado dissipated only 1/4 mile west of the National Sports Center complex. Ten homes were rendered uninhabitable, and thirty others were damaged to a lesser extent. A woman suffered minor injuries when she was blown from the upper story of her home into a tree.
May 1998HailCoon Rapids$1,000,000Scattered damage to houses from wind driven hail.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids$100,000Dozens of trees were downed, many across roads, on power lines, houses, and vehicles. Most of the damage was in Columbia Heights with some in Fridley, but extended as far north as Coon Rapids.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids$100,000200 trees blown down on Bunker Hills golf course. 20 corporate tents in preparation for upcoming senior PGA event destroyed. Roof damage also reported.
July 2016LightningCoon Rapids$25,000A roof was struck by lightning, causing fire and smoke damage to a home in Coon Rapids, along Mississippi Blvd.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids$15,000The local emergency manager indicated that the worst damage in the entire county was around Coon Rapids and Blaine. There were numerous trees blown down in the area, and reports of a few metal poles, and power lines that were blown down.
May 2022Tornado (EF0)Coon Rapids-The tornado touched down in the northeast corner of Coon Rapids, moved across the northwest corner of Blaine, and dissipated in the southwest corner of Ham Lake. It toppled or broke a few hundred trees, many of which fell on houses and sheds. One house near Jefferson Park had a portion of its eave ripped away, thereby allowing wind to enter the attic and damage the roof. Maximum winds were estimated at 80 mph.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids-A large tree crashed into a house. This was over a mile south of a tornado, and was due to thunderstorm wind.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids-A social media picture had a large tree uprooted in Coon Rapids.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids-Trees were blown down near Coon Rapids.
June 2014Heavy RainCoon Rapids-A 24 hour rainfall total of 3.91 inches was reported.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids-A large tree blew down at the corner of 111th Ave and Hanson Blvd in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids-A large tree was blown down near Egret and Highway 10 in Coon Rapids.
August 2007HailCoon Rapids-Occurred at Main street and Coon Creek Blvd.
September 2007HailCoon Rapids-Occurred at Hwy 10 and Main Street.
August 2006HailCoon Rapids-Reported at Round Lake Blvd and Highway 10.
August 2006HailCoon Rapids-Reported at Coon Rapids Blvd and 121st.
August 2006HailCoon Rapids-Numerous vehicles damaged at Mercy Hospital.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids-Trees were downed.
August 2005HailCoon Rapids-Dime sized hail fell at the police station for 5 minutes.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids-A few trees were downed.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids-Few trees down.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids-Trees down. Estimated Windspeed.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids-Trees uprooted. Roof damage.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids-Trees down. Several trees down also in Fridley. Estimated windspeed.
August 2025HailCoon Rapids-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids-no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids-no account filed
July 2019HailCoon Rapids-no account filed
June 2015HailCoon Rapids-no account filed
May 2012HailCoon Rapids-no account filed
May 2012HailCoon Rapids-no account filed
May 2012HailCoon Rapids-no account filed
August 2007HailCoon Rapids-no account filed
August 2007HailCoon Rapids-no account filed
August 2007HailCoon Rapids-no account filed
September 2005HailCoon Rapids-no account filed
June 2002HailCoon Rapids-no account filed
July 2001HailCoon Rapids-no account filed
July 1999HailCoon Rapids-no account filed
June 1997HailCoon Rapids-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindCoon Rapids-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Anoka 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
Coon Creek2.3 miles20
Fridley2.7 miles21
Spring Lake Park2.8 miles22
Thompson Riverview Terrace3.5 miles20
Oak Park3.5 miles20
Blaine4.0 miles19
Northdale4.1 miles20
Hilltop5.1 miles22

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 Coon RapidsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q984534The 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 641479. 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.