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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.

Jenkins within Crow Wing County

Population over time

2 figures

Jenkins 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.

YearPeople Change
2010430
2020470+40 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

165 since 1992

Regional 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 burning83
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism18
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Other causes1
Natural1

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
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 2008Recreation and ceremony7.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crow Wing County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 10Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 2Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 3Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 4Limestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Crow Wing County

Storms near this place

11 since 2003

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Tornado (EF2)Jenkins$500,000Tornado 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 2019LightningJenkins$200,000A 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 2017Thunderstorm WindJenkins-Multiple trees were knocked down on County Road 145.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindJenkins-A 10 diameter tree was blown down.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindJenkins-Trees were reported down on County Road 1 east of Pine River, MN.
April 2004LightningJenkins-Lightning caused a fire that destroyed an abandoned house.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindJenkins-Trees and power lines were blown down. Trees and power lines were were also downed in the Trout Lake and Cross Lake areas.
July 2003HailJenkins-Winds were also estimated at 80 mph.
August 2024HailJenkins-no account filed
May 2022HailJenkins-no account filed
September 2017Thunderstorm WindJenkins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crow Wing 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
Pequot Lakes3.3 miles11
Lakewood Court5.5 miles10
Breezy Point6.6 miles12
Nisswa9.0 miles11
Pequot Terrace9.0 miles11
Swanburg10.6 miles10
Lake Hubert10.7 miles11
Cross Lake11.7 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 JenkinsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q529830The 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.