Hubbard, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hubbard Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56470. It stands on Fishhook River. The Survey maps it on the Menahga quadrangle. 56 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,414 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Menahga quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Detroit Lakes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Hubbard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 291 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hubbard in 19 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 10 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Hubbard | 1 hurt, $5,000,000 | This tornado originated in Wadena County, 1 mile east of Menagha, at 914 am CDT. It continued north-northeast where it crossed Hinds Lakes and passed along the east edge of Park Rapids. It lifted about 3 miles northeast of Park Rapids by 934 am CDT. Maximum tornado width was about 450 yards with peak winds of 130 mph. The tornado destroyed one home and hundreds of acres of forest. Several homes and businesses from Hinds Lake to Park Rapids received damage. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | - | Large trees blown down. Time estimated based on radar. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | - | Gusty winds were reported. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | - | Numerous large trees were blown down or uprooted around Duck Lake, some trees blocked roads. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | - | A small tree and several limbs were blown down. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | - | Several eight to ten inch diameter trees were snapped. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | - | Several trees were blown down and boats and docks were overturned on Duck Lake. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | - | Isolated tree damage was evident across southern Straight River Township. Numerous large branches were broken off with occasional pine or poplar trees snapped or uprooted. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Hubbard | - | The hail lasted for several minutes. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | - | Tree damage was reported near Duck Lake. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Hubbard | - | The hail piled up 2 inches deep. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Hubbard | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horton | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Park Rapids | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Park Estates | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Dorset | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Nevis | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Badoura | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Deer Lane | 14.1 miles | 9 | |
| Emmaville | 15.9 miles | 9 |
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 Hubbard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q107104191 | 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 645265. 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.
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.





