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Hinckley, Minnesota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Hinckley City. It lies in ZIP code area 55037. It stands on North Branch Grindstone River. The Survey maps it on the Hinckley quadrangle. 1,904 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.

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Hinckley within Pine County

On record in Hinckley

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 3 records

Population over time

14 figures

Hinckley grew from 618 to 1,904 between 1890 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
1890618
1900459-159 (-26%)
1910673+214 (+47%)
19206730 (0%)
1930682+9 (+1%)
1940873+191 (+28%)
1950902+29 (+3%)
1960851-51 (-6%)
1970885+34 (+4%)
1980963+78 (+9%)
1990946-17 (-2%)
20001,261+315 (+33%)
20101,800+539 (+43%)
20201,904+104 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

178 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Hinckley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,106 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 34 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 burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism34
Equipment and vehicle use31
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 September 2000Naturalunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 September 2013Recreation and ceremony2.8 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pine 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 Hinckley: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Sikkink Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pine County

Storms near this place

51 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hinckley in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 29 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 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
August 2010Thunderstorm WindHinckley$2,000Power lines were blown down.
June 1994Tornado (F0)Hinckley$50A tornado touched down briefly downing several trees.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHinckley-Wind damage and downed trees at the Holiday gas station in Hinckley. This was near the start of the tornado.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHinckley-Trees were down just north of Hinckley on I-35.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHinckley-Widespread trees and power lines down in Hinckley.
May 2022Tornado (EF1)Hinckley-Damage sustained to a fast food restaurant in Hinckley, including broken windows, a damaged rooftop HVAC unit, and evidence of metal flashing damage, is believed to be the beginning of a tornado that then tracked across Interstate 35 in a north-northwest direction, crossing the railroad tracks near 7th St NE. The majority of the damage was trees uprooted with several snapped along the way. Aerial imagery provided by the Pine County Sheriffs Department shows fairly weak but convergent tree fall between I-35 and near Highway 61 and Owl Drive between a distinct intensification where the treefall becomes much more extensive and a metal roof section was lifted off a local business. The tornado then tracked across Highway 61 and traversed north causing mainly tree damage with at least one home losing some roof shingles. The end of the tornado path is estimated due to the track moving into a much less wooded wetland area. NWS Duluth sincerely appreciates the drone imagery provided by the Pine County Sheriffs Office to aid in the assessment of this storm damage. Peak winds were estimated to be 95 mph.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindHinckley-A photo was received showing a large tree branch down in the city of Hinckley.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindHinckley-The gust was reported by the AWOS at the Hinckley Field of Dreams Airport.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHinckley-A few trees were either blown down or their trunks were snapped aloft. The largest tree affected was a 26 inch diameter elm tree snapped 8 feet off the ground.
July 2016Flash FloodHinckley-Some low-lying areas of Hinckley had more than 6 of water over the roads, including on a stretch of Dunn Avenue, and near the intersection of 3rd Street and Lawler Avenue.
July 2015HailHinckley-The hail fell at Grand National Golf Course.
July 2015HailHinckley-The hail fell for ten minutes.
July 2015HailHinckley-The hail was observed at Grand Casino.
September 2014HailHinckley-There was pea to quarter size hailstones.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHinckley-Numerous trees were blown down just east of Hinckley.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHinckley-An eight-inch diameter tree top was snapped off.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHinckley-Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHinckley-Trees and power lines were blown down. Park benches were blown over.
June 2005Tornado (F1)Hinckley-This tornado traveled through St. Croix State Park. Numerous trees were blown down and uprooted. Fortunately, the tornado missed the camping and swimming areas.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindHinckley-Power lines were blown down.
July 2017HailHinckley-no account filed
June 2016HailHinckley-no account filed
June 2016HailHinckley-no account filed
August 2015HailHinckley-no account filed
May 2012HailHinckley-no account filed
May 2009HailHinckley-no account filed
June 2005HailHinckley-no account filed
April 2004HailHinckley-no account filed
April 2004HailHinckley-no account filed
April 2004HailHinckley-no account filed
April 2004HailHinckley-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindHinckley-no account filed
June 2003HailHinckley-no account filed
June 2002HailHinckley-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHinckley-no account filed
September 2002HailHinckley-no account filed
May 2001HailHinckley-no account filed
May 2001HailHinckley-no account filed
July 2000HailHinckley-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindHinckley-no account filed
August 2000HailHinckley-no account filed
August 2000HailHinckley-no account filed
August 2000HailHinckley-no account filed
July 2000HailHinckley-no account filed
July 2000HailHinckley-no account filed
July 1999HailHinckley-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHinckley-no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindHinckley-no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindHinckley-no account filed
May 1994HailHinckley-no account filed
June 1994HailHinckley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pine 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
Evergreen Park0.0 miles8
Mission Creek2.9 miles13
Friesland5.2 miles8
Beroun7.0 miles13
Brook Park8.2 miles12
Sandstone9.2 miles7
Groningen9.7 miles7
Cloverdale10.8 miles7

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 HinckleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1934446The 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 645028. 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.