Cyrus, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56323. The Survey maps it on the Cyrus quadrangle. 305 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,155 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCyrus grew from 288 to 305 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 | 288 | |
| 2020 | 305 | +17 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Cyrus quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lake Minnewaska quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Cyrus between 2009 and 2020, burning about 12 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2009 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Morris National Wildlife Refuge | YETTIE |
| 20 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.4 acres | Morris National Wildlife Refuge | MNBNR-FY20-WF-CHIPPEWA RIVER |
Storms near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cyrus in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 11 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 funnel cloud. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cyrus | $10,000 | Reports of trees and powerlines down east of Hancock along county road 2. One report of a tree over a home. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cyrus | $5,000 | A large pole shed was damaged near Lake Emily, east of Hancock. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Cyrus | - | Law enforcement dispatch reported hail measuring 1.25 inches 6 miles NNE of Clontarf, MN or 12 miles SW of Starbuck, MN. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cyrus | - | Two damage surveys were conducted and the cause of damage appeared to be from a downburst. One mile south of Cyrus, a large machine shed was destroyed when wind blew in the door and lifted off the roof. A portion of a roof was removed from a house, and several dozen trees were blown over. Farther south, two sheds were blown over and trees were damaged. In Cyrus, several dozen trees were uprooted, part of a roof was blown off a metal storage building, part of the roof came off a church, and part of the roof was lifted off a manufactured home. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Cyrus | - | This tornado developed in Swift County, about 5 miles southwest of Danvers, and tracked north until an outflow boundary caught up with it, then the tornado tracked northeast to 7 miles northwest of Clontarf. It then moved through the southeast corner of Stevens County and into Pope County, where it dissipated. Several wooden poles with electrical transmission lines were snapped. Irrigation systems were overturned, trees were damaged, and some structural damage to homes and farm outbuildings also resulted. Maximum winds were estimated at 100 mph. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Cyrus | - | Tornado spun up just west of Lake Emily and tracked northeast. Some trees were snapped and farm outbuildings were damaged. Maximum winds were estimated at 95 mph. This tornado was filmed on video. |
| June 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Cyrus | - | A funnel cloud was noted for a few minutes east of Cyrus. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Cyrus | - | Hail ranging from nickel size to golf ball size in Cyrus. |
| May 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Cyrus | - | The public reported a funnel cloud 3 miles east of Hancock. |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Cyrus | - | Law enforcement reported a funnel cloud. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Cyrus | - | Penny sized hail fell near Lake Emily. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Cyrus | - | Dime sized hail fell for 5 minutes in New Prairie Township, Section 36. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cyrus | - | A 2 mile wide swath of downburst wind damage continued from Stevens County into northwest Pope County. The damage path crossed the county line between the following locations: 1 mile north of County Road 32 and 150th Street. The path continued in an east-southeast direction and was last noted stretching from Lowry to 1 mile north of Starbuck. A survey of the path revealed the following damage: significant tree and corn damage along County Road 26; damage to the roof of a home along County Road 26 about 3 miles east of the county line from a fallen 2 foot diameter tree branch; a flattened 100-year-old barn (3 cattle killed inside), a damaged farm house, and demolished cement silo 2 miles south of Farwell; a lost machine shed and partial destruction of a dairy barn about 2.5 miles south of Farwell; significant tree damage in Lowry (in the vicinity of where a wind gust of 89 MPH was measured by a home weather station) including the roof of a home that was damaged by a felled tree; destruction of a large garage on the southeast side of Lowry along County Road 28; a caved-in metal grain bin and a heavily damaged barn on Highway 114 three miles south of Lowry; significant damage to a homestead near the intersection of Highway 114 and 190th Street about 1 mile north of Starbuck; numerous downed trees 3 miles north of Starbuck including one which damaged a car. Minor tree damage was noted east of Highway 114 as well, but the high winds that caused the damage dissipated shortly after passing this location. One observer 3 miles north of Starbuck noted that the high winds continued off and on for nearly 30 minutes, coming in 6 distinct "waves". |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cyrus | - | Numerous trees were downed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cyrus | - | The fire department estimated a wind gust of 60 to 70 MPH. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Cyrus | - | Nickel to golf ball sized hail was reported. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cyrus | - | Trees down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cyrus | - | Large tree limbs blown down. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Cyrus | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Cyrus | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Cyrus | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Cyrus | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Cyrus | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cyrus | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Cyrus | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Cyrus | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starbuck | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Farwell | 11.4 miles | 8 | |
| Lowry | 13.2 miles | 8 | |
| Long Beach | 17.2 miles | 8 | |
| Glenwood | 18.6 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Hill Park | 21.2 miles | 9 | |
| Terrace | 23.3 miles | 9 | |
| Villard | 25.8 miles | 10 |
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 Cyrus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2055260 | 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 642573. 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.




