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Edina, Minnesota

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Edina City. It lies in ZIP code area 55424. The Survey maps it on the Minneapolis South quadrangle. 53,494 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 922 feet above sea level.

Edina within Hennepin County

On record in Edina

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 7 records

Population over time

14 figures

Edina grew from 531 to 53,494 between 1890 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
1890531
1900749+218 (+41%)
19101,101+352 (+47%)
19201,833+732 (+66%)
19303,138+1,305 (+71%)
19405,855+2,717 (+87%)
19509,744+3,889 (+66%)
196030,482+20,738 (+213%)
197044,031+13,549 (+44%)
198046,073+2,042 (+5%)
199045,947-126 (-0%)
200047,433+1,486 (+3%)
201047,941+508 (+1%)
202053,494+5,553 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Edina in 2015, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
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
1 April 2015Other causes10 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeHYLAND LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hennepin County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Edina: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Bury and Carlson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Edina PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Glenn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hedberg Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mapco S and G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Hennepin County

Storms near this place

46 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edina in 46 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 23 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 heavy rain. 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
July 2013Flash FloodEdina$500,000Several local officials, trained spotters and the general public observed flash flooding across southern Hennepin County due to 2, to locally 5.2 inches of rain that fell between 4 AM CST to 8 AM CST. Flooding was widespread along area creeks and streams, especially around Lake Harriet where local bike paths and low areas around golf courses were under one to two feet of water during the height of the storm. Kings Highway along Lake Harriet was also closed for a short period of time due to flood waters. An official rainfall report (CoCoRaHS) of 5.15 inches fell west of Eden Prairie Shopping Mall, and the Flying Cloud Airport received 4.53 inches in 3 hours.
July 2011LightningEdina$100,000A home was struck by lightning and caught fire on the 7000 block of Schey Drive, in Edina, Minnesota.
August 2016LightningEdina$15,000Early Tuesday morning, August 30th, lightning struck a home in South Minneapolis and caused a fire in the roof. Two adults and two children escaped unharmed as the fire broke out. The fire was concentrated in the attic.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindEdina-Trees down, including some on Valley View Rd in Edina.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEdina-Large trees down.
August 2020HailEdina-There were a few reports of large hail, up to golf ball size, the occurred around Edina and Richfield. Local radar indicated that the hail was likely more widespread in southern Hennepin County but due to the time of night it wasn't reported. There were also reports of tree limbs blown down across the area where the hail fell.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindEdina-A large tree, 28 inches in diameter, was blown down at Highway 100 and 70th, in Edina.
August 2016Flash FloodEdina-A local weather observer reported that parts of Highway 62, at Penn Avenue were completely underwater during the height of the heavy rainfall event.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindEdina-A measured wind gust of 58 knots was reported by a private weather station near Edina.
July 2013Heavy RainEdina-A measured rainfall amount of 4.15 inches fell in less than 3 hours.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindEdina-A 20 inch diameter tree was blown down on 52nd Avenue and Drew Avenue South.
May 2013HailEdina-Quarter size hail was reported at 76th Street and France Avenue in Edina.
May 2013HailEdina-Penny size hail was reported in Edina, just west of Highways 62 and 100.
August 2013HailEdina-Golf ball size hail fell near Highway 494 and France Avenue.
August 2013HailEdina-Quarter size hail fell near the intersection of 74th and Xerxes Street.
August 2013HailEdina-Hen egg size hail fell near Bryant Park, along Highway 212 and Crosstown 62.
August 2013HailEdina-Hen egg size hail fell one mile north of the intersection of 494 and France Avenue.
May 2012Heavy RainEdina-A local observer measured 3.08 inches in the last 24 hours.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindEdina-A 6-inch diameter tree branch was blown down near 53rd and Upton in Edina.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindEdina-A few large tree limbs were blown down around Edina.
May 2011HailEdina-There were multiple reports of golf ball size hail, as well as a 1.9 inch hailstone that was photographed and measured.
May 2011HailEdina-There were multiple reports of large hail, including near the intersection of Highways 62 and 100.
May 2011HailEdina-Hail fell on the west side of Lake Harriet, near 44th St and Vincent Ave S in Minneapolis.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindEdina-A large tree was uprooted.
May 2008HailEdina-Highway 100 and 50th. Significant damage to trees and vegetation.
May 2008HailEdina-Occurred near Highway 100 and Interstate 494.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindEdina-Three inch branch down at Highway 62 and Tracy Avenue.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindEdina-Retired NWS employee reported at least eight uprooted large trees downed|in a concentrated area on Hibiscus Avenue near Lake Edina Park.
July 2008HailEdina-Hail occurred at Highway 100 and Hennepin County Rd.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindEdina-Eighteen inch diameter tree down near I-494 and Highway 100.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindEdina-Roof damage to a tall apartment building. Portion of roof blew off and damaged a few vehicles. Occurred on the southeast side of Edina.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindEdina-Dozens of trees down, including near Highway 62 and France Avenue.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindEdina-Trees were downed. The time was estimated.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindEdina-Hundreds of trees downed from Edina to Richfield, including across south Minneapolis and Bloomington. Many trees fell on cars and houses while many other trees blocked roads.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindEdina-About 60 trees knocked down at Braemar Golf Course.
May 1998HailEdina-5 foot diameter trees also blown down in possible microburst. Some trees snapped in half.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindEdina-Power lines and trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
August 2013HailEdina-no account filed
August 2013HailEdina-no account filed
August 2013HailEdina-no account filed
April 2012HailEdina-no account filed
June 2012HailEdina-no account filed
July 2004HailEdina-no account filed
May 2001HailEdina-no account filed
June 2001HailEdina-no account filed
March 1998HailEdina-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hennepin 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
Atwood2.0 miles26
Richfield3.6 miles26
Saint Louis Park4.0 miles26
Bloomington4.3 miles26
Rowland4.5 miles25
Calhoun Beach4.5 miles26
Oxboro5.3 miles26
Minnetonka Mills6.0 miles25

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 EdinaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q957763The 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 643177. 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.