Kelliher, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Kelliher City. It lies in ZIP code area 56650. The Survey maps it on the Kelliher quadrangle. 258 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,358 feet above sea level.
On record in Kelliher
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
- Saum Schoolslisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresKelliher fell from 262 to 258 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 | 262 | |
| 2020 | 258 | -4 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1919 USGS Bridgie quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Bridgie quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Kelliher quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Blackduck quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Kelliher between 1992 and 2018, burning about 115 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 Kelliher: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelliher Prospect | Gold | Unknown | Gold |
Storms near this place
17 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kelliher in 17 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kelliher | $5,000 | Roofing material was blown off the Kelliher Cafe. Several large trees were also blown down. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Kelliher | - | Emergency Manager of Beltrami county reports quarter sized hail 4 miles west of Kelliher. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Kelliher | - | Beltrami county emergency manager reports golf ball sized hail that caused a lot of damage to his vehicle. Cost of damage unknown. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kelliher | - | Several large pine and poplar trees were snapped or uprooted along Highway 72, between Shooks and Kelliher. Time estimated based on radar and nearby wind sensor reports. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kelliher | - | Received a public report of a few large 3 to 5 inch branches broken down. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Kelliher | - | Report of very heavy rains and lots of pea size hail, with a few up to nickel size. Report posted via social media. Time estimated based on radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kelliher | - | Scattered power outages were reported. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kelliher | - | Aircraft were overturned at the Kelliher airport. Some of the aircraft were pushed onto highway 72. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kelliher | - | Extensive tree damage was reported. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kelliher | - | A tree, about 10 inches in diameter, was blown down across a road. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Kelliher | - | Water flowed over highway 72 from Cormorant Creek and Battle River. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Kelliher | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Kelliher | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Kelliher | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Kelliher | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Kelliher | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kelliher | - | 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 Kelliher | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2230477 | 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 656866. 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.






