Henning, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Henning City. It lies in ZIP code area 56551. The Survey maps it on the Henning quadrangle. 854 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,434 feet above sea level.
On record in Henning
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 2 records
Trinity Lutheran Churchlisted 2018- Lewis House and Medical Officelisted 2021
Population over time
2 figuresHenning grew from 802 to 854 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 | 802 | |
| 2020 | 854 | +52 (+6%) |
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 Henning quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
23 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 Henning City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Henning City - 23 words.
Fires near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Henning between 1998 and 2019, burning about 110 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 April 2019 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 32 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 Henning: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranium Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henning in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 13 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1996 | Tornado (F2) | Henning | 1 hurt, $400,000 | This tornado followed a track through eastern Otter Tail county, with the first damage report along Highway 210. A man stopped his car along the road when he saw the threatening clouds. The tornado picked his car up and spun it around, with the man inside. The car windows were all broken, but the man only sustained cuts on his hands. The tornado destroyed several farm buildings, one full of dairy cows. 21 of the cows were killed. The last damage report was just west of New York Mills. Two deer hunters were in tree stands when the storm approached. One managed to get down to the ground and lay flat, but the other clung to the tree as the tornado passed. As the wind died down, the man found his tree was the only one left standing in a grove of 36 around him. Neither man was injured. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henning | $10,000 | Power poles were blown down by the strong wind. A tree also fell on the city playground equipment, causing a total loss. A new church being constructed was also flattened. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Henning | - | Trained spotter reports half dollar to ping pong ball sized hail. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Henning | - | Off-duty park ranger reported dime to quarter-sized hail east of Henning. Power is out and many trees are down in the area. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Henning | - | Golf ball to baseball sized hail was reported around the Henning area. Photos and reports posted via social media. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henning | - | A 10 inch diameter poplar tree was snapped about 8 feet off the ground. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henning | - | A few four to six inch diameter tree branches were blown down in groves and shelterbelts across east central Henning Township. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Henning | - | Pea to penny sized hail fell. |
| June 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Henning | - | Numerous 8 to 10 inch tree limbs were snapped or twisted off along the damage path near highway 210. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henning | - | A semi truck and trailer were blown off U.S. Highway 10 and overturned. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Henning | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Henning | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Henning | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Henning | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Henning | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Henning | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Henning | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Henning | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Henning | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Park | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Leaf City (historical) | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Vining | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Almora | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Nirvana | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Deer Creek | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Ottertail | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Heinola | 9.5 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.
| Wikipedia article on Henning | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2230676 | 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 644879. 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.





