Ironton, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ironton City. It lies in ZIP code area 56455. It stands on Serpent Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crosby quadrangle. 576 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,260 feet above sea level.
On record in Ironton
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
Ironton City Halllisted 2002
Spina Hotellisted 1980- Elevated Metal Water Tank, Irontonlisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresIronton grew from 572 to 576 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 | 572 | |
| 2020 | 576 | +4 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1912 USGS Deerwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1914 USGS Deerwood quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Crosby quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mille Lacs Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
162 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Ironton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 340 acres in total. None 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 burning | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 145 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 145 workings within 5 miles of Ironton: 125 past producers, 13 prospects, 4 producers, 3 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algoma-Zeno Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1904, 1915 | |
| Range Redi Mix Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Adams Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Algoma Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Algoma Mine | Manganese | Producer | 1920 | |
| Alstead Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Alstead-North Hillcrest Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Arko Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite | |
| Arko Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Armour No.2 Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1912 |
Storms near this place
8 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ironton in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ironton | - | An estimated 5 inch diameter tree branch was broken. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Ironton | - | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Hail | Ironton | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Ironton | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Ironton | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Ironton | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Ironton | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Ironton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armour Number Two Mine | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Crosby | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Crosby Beach | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Homecroft (historical) | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Klondyke | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Trommald | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Oreland | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Manganese | 3.8 miles | 10 |
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 Ironton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1871309 | 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 645460. 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.





