Hill City, Minnesota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hill City City. It lies in ZIP code area 55748. It stands on Morrison Brook. The Survey maps it on the Hill City quadrangle. 613 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,339 feet above sea level.
On record in Hill City
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 figuresHill City fell from 633 to 613 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 | 633 | |
| 2020 | 613 | -20 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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 Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Hill City quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Hill City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 314 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 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 Hill City: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County Marl Beds No 9 | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
37 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hill City in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 23 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | Multiple downed trees were observed along Minnesota Highway 200 east of Hill City. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | Some minor tree damage was reported in the Hill City area. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Hill City | - | A report was received via social media that Morrison Brook overflowed its banks and flooded a portion of West County Line Road. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Hill City | - | Water covered the road at the intersection of State Highway 200 and U.S. Highway 169 in Hill City. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 200. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | There were numerous trees snapped near Hill City. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | An 8 inch diameter tree was blown down and blocking Highway 169. The winds and damage caused power outages. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Hill City | - | The observer reported the hail was falling on Highway 169. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | A tree fell in Hill City, MN and caused a power outage. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | Branches were blown down along MN 200 and US 169. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | Large limbs, some 8 inches in diameter, were blown down. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | Eight inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | A two-foot diameter spruce tree was knocked down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | Trees were blown down. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | Many trees were blown down. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | A Minnesota Department of Natural Resources office trailer was destroyed. Wind speed is estimated. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | Large trees were blown down. Wind speed is estimated. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | Public-reported winds to 60 mph blew down many large branches. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | Several trees were blown down, blocking highway 169. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Hill City | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Hill City | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Hill City | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Hill City | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Hill City | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Hill City | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Hill City | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Hill City | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Hill City | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Hill City | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hill City | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hill City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haypoint | 6.5 miles | 5 | |
| Swatara | 7.8 miles | 5 | |
| Shovel Lake | 8.6 miles | 7 | |
| Rabey (historical) | 11.8 miles | 5 | |
| Bain | 14.0 miles | 5 | |
| Ball Bluff | 17.4 miles | 6 | |
| Waukenabo | 17.5 miles | 10 | |
| Jacobson | 17.6 miles | 8 |
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 Hill City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q920987 | 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 644967. 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.




