Kettle River, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Silver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55757. It stands on Dead Moose River. The Survey maps it on the Kettle River quadrangle. 166 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,181 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKettle River fell from 180 to 166 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 | 180 | |
| 2020 | 166 | -14 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Moose Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Sandstone quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Kettle River quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Kettle River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 111 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 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
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Kettle River: 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alsted Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Conservation Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| County Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Nemadji Tile and Pottery Pit No 2 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Nemadji Tile and Pottery Pit No 3 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Nemadui Tile and Pottery Pit No 1 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Uranim Prospect No 8 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Uranium Prospect No 3 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Uranium Prospect No 4 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Uranium Prospect No 6 | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kettle River in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kettle River | - | Branches were reported down along with a mature pine tree down across a road on the north side of town. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kettle River | - | Trees of 4, 5 and 8 inches in diameter were blown down over Highway 73 south of Kettle River. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kettle River | - | A few trees measuring 10 inches in diameter were knocked down along Minnesota 27 by the intersection with Minnesota 73. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kettle River | - | A few trees were knocked along Minnesota Highway 73 west of Moose Lake. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kettle River | - | Four trees were knocked down. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kettle River | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kettle River | - | An 8 inch diameter tree was uprooted and a 6 inch diameter tree was snapped off three feet above the ground. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kettle River | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Kettle River | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Kettle River | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Kettle River | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Kettle River | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kettle River | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Kettle River | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Terrace Homes | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Moose Lake | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Automba | 7.7 miles | 5 | |
| Barnum | 10.1 miles | 7 | |
| Cromwell | 13.1 miles | 7 | |
| Woodbury | 13.6 miles | 7 | |
| Corona | 13.7 miles | 7 | |
| Wright | 14.0 miles | 6 |
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 Kettle River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2230267 | 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 646127. 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.




