Fridley, Minnesota
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Fridley City. It lies in ZIP code area 55432. It stands on Rice Creek. The Survey maps it on the Minneapolis North quadrangle. 29,590 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 860 feet above sea level.
On record in Fridley
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 1 record
Banfill Tavernlisted 1976
Population over time
2 figuresFridley grew from 27,208 to 29,590 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 | 27,208 | |
| 2020 | 29,590 | +2,382 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1902 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Minneapolis North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Minneapolis North quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Fridley between 1998 and 2019, burning about 90 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 6.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fridley: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Minn Silica Sand Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Minnesota Silica Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | Sandstone |
Storms near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fridley in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fridley | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Fridley | $1,000,000 | Scattered damage from wind driven hail. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Fridley | $500,000 | An EF-1 tornado continued into Anoka County from the Camden Bridge along the Mississippi River, north-northeast to the east side of Fridley, to Spring Lake where it moved into Ramsey County. ||Damage was extensive along the path where it moved into a rail yard and a large industrial facility. A large metal building roof was ripped off in the industrial area, and eight train cars were tipped over where EF-1 damage was observed. Several warehouses sustained damaged along Miami Street where a roof was blown off. ||The tornado then moved across residential sections of Fridley, before it weakened as it continued northeast across the east side of Fridley, near Spring Lake. Damage was confined to trees blown down along the path, then moved into Ramsey County. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Fridley | $500,000 | Several main highways, and secondary roads had significant flooding, with up to four feet of standing water in southern Anoka County. A train was derailed near Fridley due to the excessive rainfall that caused erosion along a culvert. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Fridley | - | Rice Creek overflowing its banks at University Ave NE. |
| July 2016 | Heavy Rain | Fridley | - | Heavy rain of 2 to 3 inches resulted in ponding of water at intersections in southern Fridley and Columbia Heights. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fridley | - | A large tree was blown down at the intersection of Highway 47 and 69th Avenue. |
| November 2012 | Hail | Fridley | - | A video from the public contained information of quarter size hail that fell from Fridley, to near Spring Lake Park, Minnesota. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fridley | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down, and caused power outages around Fridley. |
| August 2011 | Heavy Rain | Fridley | - | An off duty Meteorologist measured 3.21 inches of rainfall in the past four hours. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fridley | - | Seven inch diameter trees down at Highway 65 and I-694. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fridley | - | Trees and power lines were downed in Columbia Heights. Power outages were reported in Coon Rapids and Fridley. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fridley | - | A few trees were downed onto power lines. |
| September 2005 | Flash Flood | Fridley | - | A car was submerged in flood waters. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fridley | - | Large tree limbs were downed across power lines near Moore Lake. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fridley | - | A few trees were downed. |
| September 2000 | Lightning | Fridley | - | Fires, power outages, gas meters blown off 4 homes. |
| September 2000 | Flash Flood | Fridley | - | Flooding of several basements and intersections in Fridley, Columbia Heights and Hilltop. |
| September 2000 | Hail | Fridley | - | Hail occurred in Columbia Heights. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fridley | - | Trees down. Estimated Windspeed. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fridley | - | Tree blown down along East River Rd. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fridley | - | Large trees down. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Fridley | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Fridley | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Fridley | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Fridley | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Fridley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Lake Park | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Hilltop | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Coon Rapids | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Columbia Heights | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Coon Creek | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Blaine | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Oak Park | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Thompson Riverview Terrace | 6.1 miles | 20 |
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 Fridley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q985235 | 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 643953. 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.










