Hugo, Minnesota
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hugo City. It lies in ZIP code area 55038. The Survey maps it on the Hugo quadrangle. 15,766 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 932 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHugo grew from 13,332 to 15,766 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 | 13,332 | |
| 2020 | 15,766 | +2,434 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1948 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Hugo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Hugo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Hugo between 1994 and 2020, burning about 249 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2009 | Smoking | 2.4 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hugo in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 11 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 17 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF3) | Hugo | 1 killed, 17 hurt, $25,000,000 | The tornado touched down on the eastern side of Lino Lakes, at the eastern shore of Peltier Lake. The tornado felled trees and lifted boat docks, then tracked east and crossed Interstate 35E. As this occurred, a few barns, grain bins, and silos were damaged. The tornado then intensified as it moved into northwestern Washington County and a subdivision (Creekview Preserve), about two miles north of downtown Hugo. It was at this point (around 16:01), that the twister caused EF-3 damage. The tornado dissipated in the eastern portion of Hugo, just north of Irish Avenue and 140th Street. Seven hundred and ninety four homes, including mobile homes, were affected by the storm in some way. A total of 91 homes sustained minor structural damage, numerous broken windows, and damage to small sections of roof. Twenty seven homes were destroyed, totally collapsed, or not economically feasible to repair. A two year old boy died after being blown out of the first floor of his home in Creekview Preserve. A 62 year old woman died an indirect death when she suffered a heart attack during cleanup in Hugo a few days later. Some important information provided by the Pioneer Press, Star Tribune, and other local newspapers. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Two trees down in the town of Hugo. Time estimated via radar. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hugo | - | Report submitted via social media. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Hugo | - | Several reports of large hail occurred near Withrow, or north of Grant and east of Hugo. The largest hail stone was half dollar size. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Several large trees were toppled northeast of Hugo. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Hugo | - | In addition to quarter size hail, some small tree branches blew down. |
| August 2009 | Heavy Rain | Hugo | - | A trained spotter reported ponding of water near the intersection of Highway 61 and County Road 147. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | A small tree was downed onto Highway 61. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Many trees down in a one mile swath. Roof blown off two barns on County Road 10. Strong winds affected much of Washington County. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Hugo | - | 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.
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 Hugo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1913788 | 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 659709. 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.









