Isle, Minnesota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Isle City. It lies in ZIP code area 56342. It lies near Pete Island. The Survey maps it on the Isle quadrangle. 803 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,276 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresIsle grew from 751 to 803 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 | 751 | |
| 2020 | 803 | +52 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Isle quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mille Lacs Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Isle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 502 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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 | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Isle: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Peat, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Gray Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Mille Lacs County Peat Bogs | Peat | Producer | ||
| Pinz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Isle in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isle | $50,000 | The local emergency manager reported that several large 100 year old trees were blown down along the 3000 block of View Point Road, in Isle, Minnesota. One home was severely damaged by a tree, and another smaller building was damaged. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isle | $5,000 | Trees down, including one on a trailer. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isle | - | A few trees were blown down, one large pine tree had its top blown off to the south near Isle. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isle | - | Several large trees were uprooted near Isle, Minnesota. A trailer court had to be evacuated due to a gas link caused by the downed trees. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isle | - | Tree felled over road. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isle | - | Numerous trees were downed at Twin Bays. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isle | - | Dock damaged just north of Isle. Estimated windspeed. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isle | - | Trees blown down at Sunset Bay resort. RV blown over. Boats tossed. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Isle | - | Hail pelted Scenic Bay resort launch about 1 mile from shore on Lake Mille Lacs. Strong winds accompanied the hail. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Isle | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Isle | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Isle | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Isle | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isle | - | 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 Isle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1875403 | 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 645530. 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.



