Crookston, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Crookston City. It lies in ZIP code area 56716. The Survey maps it on the Crookston quadrangle. 7,482 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 876 feet above sea level.
On record in Crookston
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 5 records
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conceptionlisted 1998
Church of St. Peter-Catholiclisted 1982
Crookston Carnegie Public Librarylisted 1984
E. C. Davis Houselisted 1984- Crookston Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresCrookston fell from 7,891 to 7,482 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 | 7,891 | |
| 2020 | 7,482 | -409 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Crookston quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Crookston quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Crookston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Crookston in 2012, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 March 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 69 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crookston in 69 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 38 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | $400,000 | There were many reports of damage around Crookston, with many trees, power lines, and street signs blown over. A small shed was blown down and falling tree limbs damaged the roofs of numerous homes. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | $50,000 | Tree branches were blown down. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | $50,000 | Many trees and powerlines were blown down and several buildings were damaged. One tree fell on a car, totalling it. A portion of a brick building was blown over. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F2) | Crookston | $10,000 | A tornado touched down north of Crookston, and created a west-to-east damage path. The tornado hit a well-constructed pole barn and then travelled into an open field. Several large trees were snapped in half. The estimated peak wind speed was 140 mph. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Crookston | $5,000 | Streets and fields were flooded by around four inches of rain in several hours. There were reports of kayaking in the flooded streets. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Crookston | $2,000 | Street flooding was reported in Crookston. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Crookston | $1,000 | Law Enforcement reports standing water in roads, resulting in impassable streets downtown. |
| March 2009 | Flash Flood | Crookston | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | $500 | Several large trees were blown down. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | $200 | Branches were blown down. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | - | Law Enforcement reports trees down in various sizes around Crookston. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Crookston | - | Crookston gage, on the Red Lake River. Crested at 22.34 ft on April 17th at 14:55. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | - | Large tree branches were blown down across the northern part of town. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | - | Several large trees and a fence were blown down. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Crookston | - | The hail started as dime size and slowly got larger. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Crookston | - | The hailstones were possibly formed by several smaller stones merging together aloft. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | - | A personal weather station recorded a wind gust of 80 mph. The strong winds wrecked havoc on the trees in the city of Crookston. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | - | Large tree branches were blown down throughout Crookston. A door was also blown in at the Hugos grocery store. Wind speeds were estimated at 60 to 70 mph. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Crookston | - | The hail was reported at the University of Minnesota Crookston. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Crookston | - | The ground was covered with hail. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | - | Zero visibility was reported in very high winds and rain. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | - | Large tree limbs and power lines were blown down along the Polk and Red Lake County line. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | - | Large tree branches were blown down near the University of Minnesota Crookston campus. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | - | The roof was torn off a barn and two steel grain bins were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | - | Several large trees were blown down by the strong wind. Shingles were torn off two homes. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | - | The roofing and sidewalls were violently torn from two pole sheds and blown to the east. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | - | A 6 inch diameter tree was blown down. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Crookston | - | Numerous county roads were under water. |
| June 2002 | Lightning | Crookston | - | A lightning strike knocked out the Polk county 911 system. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Crookston | - | U.S. Highway 2 was covered with water. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Crookston | - | Water flowed over county roads. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Crookston | - | Hail completely covered the ground. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | - | A 19-year-old man was struck by lightning while driving a motorcycle along Highway 2 near Erskine and was killed. Another 17-year-old cyclist, traveling alongside the other, was injured. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | - | Several trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2020 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Crookston | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Crookston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carman Terrace | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Noyes Junction | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Crookston Junction | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Forest Knolls Estates | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Anglim | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Riverview Terrace | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Wilds | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Hixon | 4.7 miles | 9 |
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 Crookston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1626913 | 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 642475. 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.
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.





