Lake George, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Lake George Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56458. It stands on Buffalo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake George quadrangle. 233 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,424 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLake George grew from 230 to 233 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 | 230 | |
| 2020 | 233 | +3 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Lake George quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Cass Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Lake George between 1992 and 2020, burning about 430 acres in total. 2 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 2008 | Natural | 15 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
34 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake George in 34 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 17 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 funnel cloud. 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 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Lake George | $400,000 | A tornado tracked to the north-northeast for nearly 3 miles and lifted about 1 mile east-southeast of Lake George by 1003 am CDT. Numerous large trees were knocked down or uprooted across Schoolcraft Lake Road and along county road 4. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 105 mph with a maximum width of 150 yards. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Lake George | $300,000 | This tornado originated in Becker County at 844 pm CDT and then crossed extreme southeast Clearwater County before entering Hubbard County. It travelled for an additional 3 miles into Hubbard County before lifting about 6 miles west of Lake George by 9 pm CDT. The total track length was nearly 8 miles. Several large trees were snapped off or uprooted near U.S. Highway 71. Peak winds were estimated to 105 mph. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Lake George | $100,000 | Water rose over state highway 64 up to six inches deep in several locations. High water was also an issue around the Lake Emma area. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake George | $25,000 | Microburst winds estimated as high as 90 mph blew trees and power lines down near Lake Alice. Boats and docks were also tossed around by the waves. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake George | $20,000 | A few large branches were blown down. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake George | $2,000 | Large trees were blown down. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake George | - | Several large pine, ash, and poplar trees were snapped or uprooted across Clover and Lake Alice Townships. One or more snapped trees were evident along Highway 71 every 100 yards or less through these two townships. Power was lost to the MnDOT RWIS station along Hwy 71, between Douglas Lodge and Lake George. Time estimated based on radar. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake George | - | Several pine trees were blown down along the east end of Lake George. Time estimated based on radar. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Lake George | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail fell. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Lake George | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail fell. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake George | - | A few trees were snapped around Lake Minnie. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake George | - | A few small poplar trees and some larger branches were blown down near the intersection of highways 113 and 71. A few minutes of dime sized hail also fell. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Lake George | - | The hail started as dime to nickel size. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake George | - | A sixteen inch diameter pine tree was snapped by the strong wind. Some half inch diameter hail also fell. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake George | - | A few pine and poplar trees were snapped off along highway 71. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake George | - | Numerous trees were blown down near the highway 71 and highway 200 intersection east of Lake Itasca State Park. People were trapped in the park due to the trees blocking the exit roads. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Lake George | - | The tornado tracked northeast for roughly 6 miles. The tornado knocked down numerous large tree limbs and snapped or uprooted several large trees from the southeast edge of Itasca State Park, across portions of Beauty Lake, and Lake Alice. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph. |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Lake George | - | The funnel cloud was viewed from 3 miles south-southeast of Lake George. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake George | - | Numerous trees were blown down near the east entry to Lake Itasca State Park. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Lake George | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Lake George | - | 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 Lake George | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6475943 | 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 646355. 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.
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.




