Hitterdal, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hitterdal City. It lies in ZIP code area 56552. The Survey maps it on the Hawley quadrangle. 199 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,250 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresHitterdal fell from 201 to 199 between 2002 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 201 | |
| 2010 | 201 | 0 (0%) |
| 2020 | 199 | -2 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1919 USGS Hawley quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hawley quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Hitterdal between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,053 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 38 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 320 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | MNDLR-FY20-WF-HOYKENS SOUTH |
| 4 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 254 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | RUSTAD LAKE NORTH |
| 17 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | FLORA LAKE |
| 27 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | MOE WPA |
| 22 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 62 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | NORD 4/10 |
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 Hitterdal: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulven Pit & Mill No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hitterdal in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 4 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1996 | Tornado (F2) | Hitterdal | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hitterdal | $150,000 | Numerous large tree limbs and power lines were blown down. Wind driven hail damaged fields and buildings. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hitterdal | - | Several large ash and cottonwood trees were snapped. Reports of power lines down. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Hitterdal | - | The hail fell along with winds that were estimated at 55 mph. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Hitterdal | - | Several section roads were flooded south of Hitterdal and west of highway 32. |
| June 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Hitterdal | - | A tornado touched down briefly and did no damage. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Hitterdal | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Hitterdal | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Hitterdal | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manitoba Junction | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Dale | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Winnipeg Junction | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Ulen | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hawley | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Muskoda | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Felton | 14.8 miles | 8 | |
| Averill | 15.3 miles | 23 |
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 Hitterdal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2024993 | 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 645032. 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.





