Glyndon, Minnesota
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Glyndon City. It lies in ZIP code area 56547. The Survey maps it on the Glyndon North quadrangle. 1,306 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 925 feet above sea level.
On record in Glyndon
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
Population over time
2 figuresGlyndon fell from 1,394 to 1,306 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 | 1,394 | |
| 2020 | 1,306 | -88 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 23 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.
- 1895 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1897 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:125000, 12 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Glyndon North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Glyndon between 2004 and 2016, burning about 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Glyndon: 4 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benedict Dredge Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Glyndon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grant Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Olness Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glyndon in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glyndon | $1,000 | Four inch diameter tree branches were blown off trees at the Buffalo River State Park. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glyndon | - | Peak wind was measured at an NDAWN station at 3 meters. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glyndon | - | Roofing was torn off a trailer home. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glyndon | - | Trees were uprooted, causing sporadic power outages. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glyndon | - | A semi truck and trailer were blown off highway 10. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Glyndon | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Glyndon | - | A brief touchdown was noted in a photo and report in an open field near the Buffalo River. Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glyndon | - | Large branches were blown down. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Glyndon | - | The visibility also dropped to around 300 feet in heavy rain. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glyndon | - | Shingles were torn off a roof and numerous branches were blown down. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Glyndon | - | A tornado briefly tracked through a wheat field. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Glyndon | - | The MN Highway Patrol reported water over Highway 10. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glyndon | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Glyndon | - | 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 Glyndon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2231611 | 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 644192. 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.







