Gully, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gully City. It lies in ZIP code area 56646. The Survey maps it on the Gully quadrangle. 59 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,276 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGully fell from 66 to 59 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 | 66 | |
| 2020 | 59 | -7 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Winsor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Gully quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fosston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Gully between 1994 and 2017, burning about 8,356 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 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 |
| 7 May 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 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 Gully: 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 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 | ||
| East Polk County Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Northern Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Weberg Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gully in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 12 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Gully | $75,000 | An auto repair shop had its roof torn off. Many trees were uprooted, falling on signs, powerlines, homes, and garages. Several grain bins were destroyed. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gully | $5,000 | 36 oak and ash trees were uprooted. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gully | $1,000 | Trees were blown down along Highway 92. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Gully | - | Ping pong ball sized hail in Gully. Relayed via social media, time estimated by radar. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Gully | - | Received a report of 1.75-inch hail via social media. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Gully | - | Hail began around 720 am CDT and increased in size through around 725 am CDT. Report and photo relayed via social media. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gully | - | A few 3 to 5 inch diameter tree branches were blown down along with some dime to nickel sized hail. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Gully | - | A few dime to quarter sized hail fell and broken tree branches were reported near the Gully Wildlife Management Area. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gully | - | Numerous large tree branches and limbs were broken down across far northeast Polk County, resulting in widespread power outages. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gully | - | Many large tree branches were blown down and a few trees were snapped off. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Gully | - | A tornado travelled through a pasture and a grove of trees. |
| August 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Gully | - | A tornado touched down briefly near Gully uprooting trees and damaging several farm buildings. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Gully | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Gully | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Gully | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Gully | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Gully | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Gully | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Gully | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Gully | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Gully | - | 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 Gully | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q946786 | 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 644533. 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.





