Gonvick, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gonvick City. It lies in ZIP code area 56644. The Survey maps it on the Gonvick quadrangle. 263 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,283 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGonvick fell from 282 to 263 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 | 282 | |
| 2020 | 263 | -19 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1919 USGS Fosston quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Gonvick quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fosston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Gonvick between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,154 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 27 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gonvick: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gonvick in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gonvick | $250,000 | Trees were blown down on cars and powerlines. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Gonvick | $10,000 | A brief tornado touchdown caused minor tree damage and lifted shingles on several roofs. A tin building was lifted into the street, causing minor damage. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gonvick | $10,000 | A large tree was blown down and roof damage was reported to homes and businesses. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gonvick | $2,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gonvick | - | Several large branches were blown down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gonvick | - | Tree damage was reported at a farmstead. A wind sensor measured 55 mph winds before a power outage knocked it out. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gonvick | - | Trees were snapped and uprooted. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Gonvick | - | A few dime to quarter sized hail fell with brief heavy rain. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gonvick | - | Several large tree branches were blown down. |
| August 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Gonvick | - | One or more persistent funnels were viewed by multiple sources near the Polk and Clearwater county line. Photos and reports were posted via Facebook and confirmed by local authorities. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Gonvick | - | The hail was accompanied by very heavy rain. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Gonvick | - | A 1500 acre wild rice field was flattened. |
| August 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Gonvick | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Gonvick | - | Several roads were washed out due to the heavy rain. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Gonvick | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Gonvick | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Gonvick | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Gonvick | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Gonvick | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winsor (historical) | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Berner | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Clearbrook | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Weme | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Leonard | 14.1 miles | 10 | |
| Bagley | 16.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ebro | 16.7 miles | 9 | |
| Shevlin | 19.7 miles | 10 |
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 Gonvick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2231620 | 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 644208. 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.





