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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.

Isle within Mille Lacs County

Population over time

2 figures

Isle 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.

YearPeople Change
2010751
2020803+52 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

86 since 1992

Regional 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 burning29
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 June 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 June 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 June 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 May 1996Debris and open burning50 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mille Lacs County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Diamond Gray QuarryGranitePast Producer
Mille Lacs County Peat BogsPeatProducer
Pinz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mille Lacs County

Storms near this place

14 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2018Thunderstorm WindIsle$50,000The 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 2002Thunderstorm WindIsle$5,000Trees down, including one on a trailer.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindIsle-A few trees were blown down, one large pine tree had its top blown off to the south near Isle.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindIsle-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 2006Thunderstorm WindIsle-Tree felled over road.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindIsle-Numerous trees were downed at Twin Bays.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindIsle-Dock damaged just north of Isle. Estimated windspeed.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindIsle-Trees blown down at Sunset Bay resort. RV blown over. Boats tossed. Estimated windspeed.
June 1997HailIsle-Hail pelted Scenic Bay resort launch about 1 mile from shore on Lake Mille Lacs. Strong winds accompanied the hail.
May 2022HailIsle-no account filed
September 2021HailIsle-no account filed
September 2002HailIsle-no account filed
September 1997HailIsle-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindIsle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mille Lacs County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Wahkon3.0 miles6
Opstead6.6 miles6
Bayview7.1 miles6
Cove8.1 miles6
Onamia11.4 miles7
Vineland15.3 miles6
Johnsdale18.3 miles7
Page20.1 miles11

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 IsleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1875403The 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.