Cromwell, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Cromwell City. It lies in ZIP code area 55726. The Survey maps it on the Cromwell West quadrangle. 240 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,312 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresCromwell grew from 143 to 240 between 2002 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 143 | |
| 2010 | 234 | +91 (+64%) |
| 2020 | 240 | +6 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Cromwell quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Cromwell West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
78 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Cromwell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 356 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2010 | Fireworks | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cromwell: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duluth Ready Mix | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Heikala Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Heikala Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lindholm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cromwell in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cromwell | $2,000 | Trees were blown down onto Minnesota Highway 73. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cromwell | - | A few trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cromwell | - | A large tree, about 80' tall, and many other trees, were blown down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cromwell | - | Several trees were blown down and snapped off over Highway 73. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cromwell | - | Several 9 inch diameter trees were blown down. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Cromwell | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Cromwell | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Cromwell | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Cromwell | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Cromwell | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cromwell | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Cromwell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Corona | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Wright | 6.6 miles | 6 | |
| Kettle River | 13.1 miles | 7 | |
| Automba | 13.1 miles | 5 | |
| Sawyer | 13.3 miles | 9 | |
| Mahtowa | 15.3 miles | 7 | |
| Big Lake Chapel | 15.5 miles | 8 |
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 Cromwell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2232948 | 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 642448. 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.




