Gilbert, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Gilbert City. It lies in ZIP code area 55741. The Survey maps it on the Gilbert quadrangle. 1,687 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,532 feet above sea level.
On record in Gilbert
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 2 records
First National Bank of Gilbertlisted 2012
St. Louis County 4-H Club Camplisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresGilbert fell from 1,799 to 1,687 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 | 1,799 | |
| 2020 | 1,687 | -112 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1951 USGS Gilbert quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
202 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Gilbert between 1992 and 2020, burning about 453 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 59 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 | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 159 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 159 workings within 5 miles of Gilbert: 128 past producers, 21 producers, 8 prospects, 1 occurrence. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn & Great Western Mines | Iron, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | 1894 | |
| Cloquet Annex Reserve X-62 | Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1943 | |
| Corsica Mine | Iron, Aluminum, Silica, Manganese, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1901 | |
| Jl-47 Reserve Jl-47 | Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free | Prospect | ||
| McKinley Mine | Iron, Silica | Producer | 1907 | |
| Security Mine | Iron, Manganese, Silica, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1961 | |
| Welton Mine | Iron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | ||
| Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 17w | Iron, Water, Free | Prospect | Surface | |
| Rouchleau Group | Iron, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1943 | |
| Gulbranson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilbert in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 | Gilbert | - | A tree was blown down in Gilbert. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Gilbert | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Gilbert | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Gilbert | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Gilbert | - | 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.
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 Gilbert | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1924495 | 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 661356. 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.





