Kandiyohi, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Kandiyohi City. It lies in ZIP code area 56251. The Survey maps it on the Spicer quadrangle. 569 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,224 feet above sea level.
On record in Kandiyohi
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 1 record
Population over time
2 figuresKandiyohi grew from 491 to 569 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 | 491 | |
| 2020 | 569 | +78 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Atwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Spicer quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Kandiyohi between 2000 and 2013, burning about 55 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | UNCLE MATT WF |
| 20 October 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kandiyohi: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olson Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kandiyohi in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 7 hail, 6 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kandiyohi | $250,000 | A line of severe straight-line winds, estimated over 75 mph, occurred north of Kandiyohi, then southeast to the city of Atwater. Numerous trees were uprooted, several barns were damaged or destroyed, windows were blown out in several communities, and power was out for several hours. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Kandiyohi | $200,000 | A tornado was associated with a quasi-linear storm complex. It mostly hit trees and crops, but during the latter half of its path, the tornado did move across or just south of a couple metal farm buildings, causing heavy damage. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Kandiyohi | - | There was a social media picture of 3 inch hail. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Kandiyohi | - | There was a social media picture of 3 inch hail. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Kandiyohi | - | This was the first of five tornadoes from one supercell in Kandiyohi County, all of which were videotaped by a storm chaser. This first tornado touched down briefly in an open field. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Kandiyohi | - | The second of five tornadoes touched down in an open field. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Kandiyohi | - | The third tornado in a series also touched down in an open field. A few trees downed. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Kandiyohi | - | The fourth tornado was another brief touchdown in an open field. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Kandiyohi | - | The fifth and final tornado from the same supercell moved straight north for two miles, then turned and moved from east to west for one mile as it roped out. During its northward trek, it damaged three farmsteads, knocking down sheds, outbuildings and trees. While traveling west, it moved across corn and bean fields. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Kandiyohi | - | This was the last severe report from the mesocyclone that began in Swift County and produced nine tornadoes from the Danvers area to 1 NW Willmar. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kandiyohi | - | Several buildings were destroyed by strong downburst winds. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Kandiyohi | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Kandiyohi | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Kandiyohi | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Lightning | Kandiyohi | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Kandiyohi | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willmar | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Spicer | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Atwater | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Parkwood Estates | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Svea | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| New London | 11.7 miles | 8 | |
| Priam | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| Pennock | 13.1 miles | 9 |
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 Kandiyohi | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2230463 | 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 646033. 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.





