Grand Marais, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Grand Marais City. It lies in ZIP code area 55604. The Survey maps it on the Grand Marais quadrangle. 1,337 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 617 feet above sea level.
On record in Grand Marais
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 9 records
Bally Blacksmith Shoplisted 1986
Chik Wauk Lodgelisted 2007
Church of St. Francis Xavier-Catholiclisted 1986
Height of Landlisted 1974
Lightkeeper's Houselisted 1978
Jim Scott Fishhouselisted 1986- Clearwater Lodgelisted 1985
- Cook County Courthouselisted 1983
- Naniboujou Club Lodgelisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresGrand Marais fell from 1,351 to 1,337 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 | 1,351 | |
| 2020 | 1,337 | -14 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Grand Marais quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Grand Marais quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Grand Marais between 1995 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | LITTLE DEVIL |
| 8 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Superior National Forest | HUMPHREY |
| 6 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | SAGUS LAKE |
| 3 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Superior National Forest | PILE #2 |
| 18 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superior National Forest | MILL |
| 14 August 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | MERIDIAN |
| 12 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | PINCUSHION FIRE |
| 30 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superior National Forest | TOWER |
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 Grand Marais: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grand Marais in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2006: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 | Lightning | Grand Marais | 1 killed, 1 hurt | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Grand Marais | - | The hail fell at Sea Gull Lake. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Marais | - | Numerous trees were blown down three miles north of the Gunflint Lodge. |
| June 2004 | Lightning | Grand Marais | - | A lightning strike caused a cabin to catch fire. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Grand Marais | - | The hail fell at Sea Gull Lake. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Marais | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. The wind speed is estimated. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Marais | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Grand Marais | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Marais | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Marais | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grand Marais | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chippewa City | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Croftville | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Maple Hill | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Covill | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lutsen | 19.4 miles | 11 | |
| Hovland | 20.1 miles | 11 | |
| Tofte | 29.3 miles | 11 | |
| Schroeder | 32.8 miles | 11 |
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 Grand Marais | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1916460 | 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 656425. 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.





