Heinola, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Newton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56567. The Survey maps it on the Heinola quadrangle.
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.
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Heinola quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
21 words on this townshipOtter Tail County, Minnesota, in the World War;, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Newton Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Newton Township - 21 words.
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Heinola between 1992 and 2019, burning about 244 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 1994 | Natural | 3.4 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | HEINOLA |
| 15 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 130 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | LEAF RIVER FIRE |
| 27 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heinola in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heinola | $20,000 | The wind tore up a trailer home, scattering the contents for a half a mile. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Heinola | - | Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Heinola | - | The hail covered the ground at the intersection of county roads 52 and 67. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heinola | - | A barn was blown over and a large metal bale feeder was tossed across the farmyard. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heinola | - | Uprooted trees broke windows and damaged the siding on a house. Two trampolines were thrown into nearby trees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Mills | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Leaf City (historical) | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Deer Creek | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Topelius (historical) | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Richdale | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Ottertail | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bluffton | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| West Wind Estates | 9.3 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122553510 | 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 654752. 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.
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.





