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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.

Hill City within Aitkin County

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 figures

Hill 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.

YearPeople Change
2010633
2020613-20 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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

51 since 1992

Regional 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 burning22
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
21 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2013Debris and open burning1.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 May 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aitkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Aitkin County Marl Beds No 9Limestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Aitkin County

Storms near this place

37 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Thunderstorm WindHill City-Multiple downed trees were observed along Minnesota Highway 200 east of Hill City.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHill City-Some minor tree damage was reported in the Hill City area.
June 2019Flash FloodHill City-A report was received via social media that Morrison Brook overflowed its banks and flooded a portion of West County Line Road.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindHill City-A large tree was blown down.
July 2018Flash FloodHill City-Water covered the road at the intersection of State Highway 200 and U.S. Highway 169 in Hill City.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHill City-A tree was blown down on Highway 200.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHill City-Several trees were blown down.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHill City-There were numerous trees snapped near Hill City.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHill City-Trees were blown down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHill City-An 8 inch diameter tree was blown down and blocking Highway 169. The winds and damage caused power outages.
August 2013HailHill City-The observer reported the hail was falling on Highway 169.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHill City-A tree fell in Hill City, MN and caused a power outage.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHill City-Branches were blown down along MN 200 and US 169.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHill City-Large limbs, some 8 inches in diameter, were blown down.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindHill City-Eight inch diameter tree branches were blown down.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHill City-A two-foot diameter spruce tree was knocked down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHill City-Trees were blown down.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindHill City-Trees were blown down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHill City-Several trees were blown down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindHill City-Many trees were blown down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindHill City-A Minnesota Department of Natural Resources office trailer was destroyed. Wind speed is estimated.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindHill City-Large trees were blown down. Wind speed is estimated.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHill City-Public-reported winds to 60 mph blew down many large branches.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHill City-Several trees were blown down, blocking highway 169.
May 2024HailHill City-no account filed
May 2022HailHill City-no account filed
July 2018HailHill City-no account filed
August 2013HailHill City-no account filed
June 2010HailHill City-no account filed
August 2008HailHill City-no account filed
August 2007HailHill City-no account filed
August 2007HailHill City-no account filed
August 2007HailHill City-no account filed
June 2005HailHill City-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindHill City-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHill City-no account filed
June 1998HailHill City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Aitkin 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
Haypoint6.5 miles5
Swatara7.8 miles5
Shovel Lake8.6 miles7
Rabey (historical)11.8 miles5
Bain14.0 miles5
Ball Bluff17.4 miles6
Waukenabo17.5 miles10
Jacobson17.6 miles8

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 CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q920987The 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.