Jenkins, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Jenkins City. It lies in ZIP code area 56472. The Survey maps it on the Jenkins quadrangle. 470 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,263 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresJenkins grew from 430 to 470 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 | 430 | |
| 2020 | 470 | +40 (+9%) |
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.
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Pine River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
165 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Jenkins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 501 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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 | 83 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Jenkins: 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 10 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 2 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 3 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 4 | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
11 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jenkins in 11 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Tornado (EF2) | Jenkins | $500,000 | Tornado developed over Upper Whitefish Lake (no tornadic damage found or reported on the northwestern shore indicating the tornado touched down on land before crossing the lake) and traveled southeast towards Pelican Lake. Extensive damage to private residences and forest along Old Whiskey Road and Ruttger Rd (referred to by locals as Tip Top Point) and across Bertha and Clamshell Lake towards the far eastern reach of Whitefish Golf Clubs holes. Damage path was the widest near Old Whiskey and Ruttger Road, around 700 yards across, with tree damage even identified on the island to the north of Old Whiskey Road. Over 80% of trees were uprooted or snapped near the base, and numerous homes showed minor to major roof damage. The worst of the roof damage was several homes which had over 50% of the roof deck uplifted and removed. Homeowners also reported a nearly hour-long storm surge of 1 to 2 feet from Upper Whitefish Lake. Minnesota State Patrol helicopter footage shows some scattered tornadic tree damage south of County Road 16 near Clear Lake before no additional damage has been found or reported. No fatalities or injuries reported. |
| August 2019 | Lightning | Jenkins | $200,000 | A house was struck by a positive bolt of lightning which caused a fire that began in the basement. Fire crews were on the scene for about 3 hours and reported a lot of smoke and water damage, all electronics destroyed, holes through the roof and floors, complete loss of the mechanical room and part of the kitchen, making the house most likely a total loss. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jenkins | - | Multiple trees were knocked down on County Road 145. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jenkins | - | A 10 diameter tree was blown down. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jenkins | - | Trees were reported down on County Road 1 east of Pine River, MN. |
| April 2004 | Lightning | Jenkins | - | Lightning caused a fire that destroyed an abandoned house. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jenkins | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. Trees and power lines were were also downed in the Trout Lake and Cross Lake areas. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Jenkins | - | Winds were also estimated at 80 mph. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Jenkins | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Jenkins | - | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jenkins | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pequot Lakes | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lakewood Court | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Breezy Point | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Nisswa | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Pequot Terrace | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Swanburg | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Hubert | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Cross Lake | 11.7 miles | 11 |
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 Jenkins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q529830 | 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 645619. 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.





