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Lindstrom, Minnesota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lindstrom City. It lies in ZIP code area 55045. The Survey maps it on the Lindstrom quadrangle. 4,888 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 925 feet above sea level.

Lindstrom within Chisago County

On record in Lindstrom

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Lindstrom grew from 4,442 to 4,888 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
20104,442
20204,888+446 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Lindstrom between 1992 and 2020, burning about 242 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
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
18 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2020Smokingunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 1997Naturalunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 May 2009Debris and open burning3.9 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chisago County

Storms near this place

15 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lindstrom in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019Tornado (EF1)Lindstrom$500,000This is the continuation path of the Washington County tornado that moved into Chisago County on 240th Street North, east of Morgan Avenue. This EF1 tornado continued for approximately another 3.8 miles before dissipating north of a farm that was damaged on 268th Street. Along the path in Chisago County, the tornado damaged a farm shed, uprooted numerous trees, damaged an outdoor wedding venue near Highway 25, and destroyed an outbuilding before dissipating. Maximum winds were estimated at 90 mph, with a width of 250 yards in Chisago County.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLindstrom-There was a social media picture of blown down power lines near Lindstrom. The emergency manager also reported several trees down in Lindstrom.
July 2017Tornado (EF0)Lindstrom-A brief tornado hit three properties, knocking down dozens of trees and collapsing a barn.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLindstrom-Several large tree limbs were blown down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindLindstrom-A trained spotter measured a 59 knot wind gust at the intersection of Highway 8 and 14.
August 2007HailLindstrom-Relayed by broadcast media.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindLindstrom-Power lines were downed.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLindstrom-Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindLindstrom-Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
July 2025HailLindstrom-no account filed
July 2025HailLindstrom-no account filed
May 2011Funnel CloudLindstrom-no account filed
May 2008HailLindstrom-no account filed
August 2006HailLindstrom-no account filed
July 2003HailLindstrom-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chisago 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
Elm Estates0.4 miles14
Center City1.7 miles14
Chisago City2.5 miles14
Croix Estates2.6 miles14
Bonnie Glen3.6 miles14
Shafer5.3 miles23
Kost7.2 miles14
Stacy7.4 miles13

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 LindstromAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2232344The 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 646720. 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.