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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.

Gonvick within Clearwater County

Population over time

2 figures

Gonvick 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.

YearPeople Change
2010282
2020263-19 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

64 since 1992

Regional 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 burning34
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
10 September 2012Debris and open burning1.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2003Equipment and vehicle use27 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2006Natural1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 July 2001Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 June 1994Debris and open burning3.1 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 1992Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 May 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Broin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clearwater County

Storms near this place

19 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2001Thunderstorm WindGonvick$250,000Trees were blown down on cars and powerlines.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Gonvick$10,000A 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 2001Thunderstorm WindGonvick$10,000A large tree was blown down and roof damage was reported to homes and businesses.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindGonvick$2,000Trees were blown down.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindGonvick-Several large branches were blown down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGonvick-Tree damage was reported at a farmstead. A wind sensor measured 55 mph winds before a power outage knocked it out.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGonvick-Trees were snapped and uprooted.
June 2017HailGonvick-A few dime to quarter sized hail fell with brief heavy rain.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGonvick-Several large tree branches were blown down.
August 2012Funnel CloudGonvick-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 2009HailGonvick-The hail was accompanied by very heavy rain.
July 2001HailGonvick-A 1500 acre wild rice field was flattened.
August 2001Tornado (F0)Gonvick-Numerous trees were blown down.
June 1997Flash FloodGonvick-Several roads were washed out due to the heavy rain.
June 2000HailGonvick-no account filed
June 2000HailGonvick-no account filed
July 2000HailGonvick-no account filed
July 1998HailGonvick-no account filed
June 1997HailGonvick-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clearwater County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Winsor (historical)3.0 miles11
Berner5.1 miles10
Clearbrook5.4 miles10
Weme6.6 miles10
Leonard14.1 miles10
Bagley16.1 miles10
Ebro16.7 miles9
Shevlin19.7 miles10

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 GonvickAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2231620The 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.