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Hibbing, Minnesota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Hibbing City. It lies in ZIP code area 55746. The Survey maps it on the Hibbing quadrangle. 16,214 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,493 feet above sea level.

Hibbing within St. Louis County

On record in Hibbing

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 12 records

Population over time

2 figures

Hibbing fell from 16,361 to 16,214 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
201016,361
202016,214-147 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

491 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 491 fires within 5 miles of Hibbing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,179 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 315 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/incendiarism315
Debris and open burning68
Equipment and vehicle use34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Smoking15
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 203 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 203 workings within 5 miles of Hibbing: 170 past producers, 17 prospects, 14 producers, 2 plants. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Albany MineIron, Water, Free, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, AluminumPast Producer1903
Bruce MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1927
Dunwoody MineIron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, SilicaPast Producer1917
Hibbing Taconite MineIron, SilicaProducer1976
Niagra No.1 Reserve St-11Iron, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Aluminum, ManganeseProspect
South Tener MineIron, Silica, Water, Free, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, AluminumPast Producer1928
Carson Lake Reserve H-58Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, AluminumPast Producer1919
North Eddy MineIron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, AluminumPast Producer1902
Gogebic DepositIron, Water, FreeProspect1848
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 21wIron, Water, FreeProspect

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hibbing in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 7 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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
August 1996LightningHibbing$400,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHibbing$80,000no account filed
August 1998LightningHibbing$10,000no account filed
June 2025Flash FloodNorth Hibbing-Water was flowing over a road and caused a washout on the road in Hibbing.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHibbing-An approximately 8-inch diameter pine tree was down along with multiple other branches.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHibbing-A photo was received of a large birch tree down over a road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHibbing-A photo was received showing a large pine tree that was snapped approximately 5 feet up from the base. Other nearby trees were still standing.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Hibbing-A large maple tree was snapped and fell over a porch.
June 2024Flash FloodHibbing-A video was received showing streets completely covered with water at least a foot deep and perhaps deeper in some spots.
June 2024Flash FloodHibbing-A video was received showing Business Highway 169 completely covered with at least a foot of water, perhaps more in some spots. The water was up to the front steps of some homes.
June 2024Flash FloodHibbing-Minnesota Highway 37 and US Highway 169 were covered in water and closed near the roundabout from the church to the car wash.
June 2024Flash FloodHibbing-Water was covering a residential driveway to the top of the observer's rain boots.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHibbing-A large tree was down on the road at the spotter's location.
August 2020Flash FloodHibbing-Numerous reports of flooded roadways were received in Hibbing along US 169 along with many city streets as well.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHibbing-A few trees were down in Hibbing with at least one partially blocking a street.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHibbing-A power line was downed during the storm and laying across a portion of Townline Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHibbing-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindHibbing-Several large trees were knocked down with some falling onto a house, damaging its chimney and siding.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHibbing-Widespread wind damage occurred with many trees uprooted and snapped-off.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindHibbing-Trees were blown down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindHibbing-Trees were blown down.
June 2000HailHibbing-The hail was observed in Voyageurs National Park.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHibbing-Thunderstorm winds from 61 to 70 kts (70-80 mph) tipped over boats and caused power outages.
June 2025HailHibbing-no account filed
May 2011HailHibbing-no account filed
August 2010Flash FloodNorth Hibbing-no account filed
June 2007HailHibbing-no account filed
July 2003HailHibbing-no account filed
April 2003HailHibbing-no account filed
April 2002HailHibbing-no account filed
April 2002HailHibbing-no account filed
June 2002HailHibbing-no account filed
June 2002HailHibbing-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindHibbing-no account filed
May 2001HailHibbing-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHibbing-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHibbing-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHibbing-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHibbing-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHibbing-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHibbing-no account filed
August 1998HailHibbing-no account filed
May 1998HailHibbing-no account filed
June 1996HailHibbing-no account filed
July 1996HailHibbing-no account filed
August 1996HailHibbing-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Louis 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
Scranton0.6 miles14
Ruby Junction1.1 miles14
Brooklyn1.2 miles14
Kerr2.3 miles14
Redore2.3 miles14
Mahoning2.4 miles14
Leetonia2.5 miles14
Mitchell2.6 miles14

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 HibbingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q828736The 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 661469. 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.