Grasston, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Grasston City. It lies in ZIP code area 55030. The Survey maps it on the Grasston quadrangle. 154 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 968 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGrasston fell from 158 to 154 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 | 158 | |
| 2020 | 154 | -4 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brook Park quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Grasston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
159 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Grasston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,510 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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 | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.6 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 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 Grasston: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grasston in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 2018 | Heavy Rain | Grasston | - | A measured rainfall report of 6.48 inches fell near Grasston in 24 hours. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grasston | - | At least 6 trees downed four miles North of Braham. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Grasston | - | Isanti county tornado exited Isanti County at Braham and continued for another quarter of a mile into Kanabec county. It dissipated 1/4 mile NE of Braham, or 4 miles south of Grasston. As per NWS damage survey. No damage reported in Kanabec county. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grasston | - | Downburst winds associated with heavy showers/thunderstorms destroyed mobile home and one shed. Other sheds also damaged. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grasston | - | Sheds destroyed. Storage building at Bremix Concrete destroyed. Power poles and trees blown down. Portion of roof ripped off farmhouse. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Grasston | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Grasston | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Grasston | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Grasston | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Grasston | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Grasston | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Grasston | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Grasston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass Lake | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Brunswick | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Quamba | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Coin | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Mora | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lewis Lake | 11.8 miles | 11 | |
| Ogilvie | 14.9 miles | 10 | |
| Kroschel | 19.5 miles | 6 |
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 Grasston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q941037 | 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 644388. 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.








