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Hewitt, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hewitt City. It lies in ZIP code area 56453. The Survey maps it on the Bertha quadrangle. 251 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,371 feet above sea level.

Hewitt within Todd County

On record in Hewitt

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Hewitt fell from 266 to 251 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.

YearPeople Change
2010266
2020251-15 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Hewitt between 1993 and 2019, burning about 233 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 August 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 July 2005Smokingunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 2003Arson/incendiarism60 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 May 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 May 2016Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 April 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Todd County

Storms near this place

20 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hewitt in 20 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015Tornado (EF1)Hewitt$500,000A tornado moved out of Wadena County (where it was rated EF2) and into Todd County. A barn was collapsed just south of Aldrich, with roofing material blown 1/2 mile downwind. Dozens of trees were broken or uprooted in this area. Several wooden power poles were snapped. An outbuilding was also destroyed. Farther east, an outbuilding was destroyed along with a roof partially blown off near the intersection of 500th street and 223rd Avenue, just northwest of Dower Lake. Significant tree damage was noted on the northeast side of Dower Lake, and concentrated damage continued in a path to about two miles west of Staples. Separate entries have also been made for numerous trees blown down due to the rear flank downdraft and downbursts north of the tornado track.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHewitt$100,000A damage survey revealed that a rear flank downdraft (RFD) accompanied a tornado, and produced tree damage to the south of the tornado track. Numerous trees were tipped over and large branches were broken. Once the tornado dissipated about two miles west of Staples, the RFD broadened out and swept across the south side of Staples, where it continued to topple dozens of trees. The last damage noted from the RFD was southeast of Staples. Several outbuildings were damaged, and trees fell across many vehicles.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindHewitt$25,000Several trees were blown down in Hewitt, along Highway 210, plus a roof was blown off a building.
May 2022Tornado (EF1)Hewitt-A tornado developed in far northwest Todd County and moved into Wadena County (see separate entry from NWS Grand Forks). On the Todd County side of the county line, the tornado hit a farmstead and destroyed two tin sheds, leading to estimated maximum winds in Todd County of 90 mph. The debris was strewn in a narrow path. The tornado also broke or uprooted a number of trees. Damage assessment was aided by photographs (not included here) provided by the Todd County Sheriff's Office.
July 2020Funnel CloudHewitt-A storm chaser reported a funnel cloud and provided video. The funnel cloud may have made ground contact, but it was not possible to determine that from the video or in discussions with the chaser. Nor was there any damage reported, so this was documented as a funnel cloud.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHewitt-Several hardwood trees were snapped, six wooden power poles were snapped, and an irrigation system was tipped over.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHewitt-Several trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 210 near and west of Hewitt.
July 2008HailHewitt-Hail occurred near intersection of County Rd. 210 and County Rd. 11.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHewitt-A citizen measured a wind gust of 71 MPH with an anemometer.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHewitt-Trees down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindHewitt-Several trees downed.
July 2020HailHewitt-no account filed
June 2016HailHewitt-no account filed
June 2014HailHewitt-no account filed
June 2014HailHewitt-no account filed
June 2014HailHewitt-no account filed
July 2008HailHewitt-no account filed
September 2007HailHewitt-no account filed
July 2002HailHewitt-no account filed
September 2002HailHewitt-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Todd County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bertha4.3 miles9
Eagle Bend11.4 miles9
Clarissa15.3 miles9
Staples15.7 miles9
Philbrook19.8 miles10
Browerville20.3 miles9
Clotho21.2 miles9
Long Prairie26.9 miles9

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 HewittAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2060399The 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 644919. 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.