Floodwood, Minnesota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Floodwood City. It lies in ZIP code area 55736. It stands on Floodwood River. The Survey maps it on the Floodwood quadrangle. 517 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,250 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFloodwood fell from 528 to 517 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 | 528 | |
| 2020 | 517 | -11 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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
- 1963 USGS Floodwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
105 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Floodwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 145 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 1992 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Floodwood: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trugg Marks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
35 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Floodwood in 35 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 3 flash flood. 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | $30,000 | Numerous large trees were uprooted and blown on to houses and garages. A mobile home was overturned, and the roof was blown off a barn. For the third morning in a row, a large complex of severe thunderstorms formed over the western Dakotas in the evening and moved into northeast Minnesota early the following morning. This time, the path of the squall line was a little farther south than the previous day. Brainerd received three-quarters inch diameter hail, otherwise, damaging winds were again the primary feature of this system. Some structural damage occurred, due either directly to the wind or to falling trees. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources estimated nearly 200,000 acres of timber were destroyed by the storms of July 13 and 14. The estimate was based partly on aerial photography. The area of downed trees extended from west of Itasca State Park in Clearwater County, through Hubbard, Cass, and Itasca Counties, across the south half of St. Louis County. The DNR estimated that 6.5 million trees more than 35 feet high were tipped over, broken off, or knocked flat. The value of the timber lost or damaged was estimated at $22.5 million. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | A mature hardwood tree was blown down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | Many hard and softwood trees were snapped with some trees on powerlines on Highway 8. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | Tree branches were down and a tree downed a powerline onto a nearby resident's deck. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | A few trees were down on a parking lot. A few poplar tree tops were snapped as well. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | A tree was down on a powerline with both lying across Highway 8. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | A tree was down on Highway 73 near mile marker 46. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Floodwood | - | A few streets in Floodwood were covered with water and closed. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Floodwood | - | A local TV meteorologist forwarded photos from a viewer showing a culvert that had washed out on Hill Road near Floodwood. There was a roughly 6 foot gap in the road that was at least 3 to 4 feet deep where the flow of the creek exceeded the capacity of the culvert and washed out the road. The viewers that sent the photos were unable to leave their property by vehicle and had to make a makeshift footbridge to get to town. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | Several trees were damaged, split, or uprooted at the reporter's location. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | There were many trees blown down, including some that were uprooted. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | Trees were blown down. One tree was 12 inches in diameter. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2012 | Flash Flood | Floodwood | - | The St. Louis River and Floodwood River flooded many streets in Floodwood. Law Enforcement ordered the evacuation of several houses on 4th and 5th Avenues. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | There was widespread severe wind damage to trees. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | Numerous trees were blown down by the strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Floodwood | - | The hail caused minor crop damage. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | Trees were blown down. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | Many trees were blown down. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | Large trees were blown down. Wind speed is estimated. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Floodwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Floodwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Floodwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Floodwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Floodwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Floodwood | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Floodwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Floodwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Floodwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Floodwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gowan | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Island | 6.3 miles | 6 | |
| Hartley Spur | 7.3 miles | 6 | |
| Paupores | 9.1 miles | 7 | |
| Meadowlands | 14.0 miles | 10 | |
| Elmer | 14.2 miles | 8 | |
| Arlberg | 16.2 miles | 7 | |
| Prosit | 16.7 miles | 7 |
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 Floodwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q513404 | 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 661287. 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.



