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.
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
Gustaf Anderson Houselisted 1980
Frank A. Larson Houselisted 1980
Charles A. Victor Houselisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresLindstrom 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,442 | |
| 2020 | 4,888 | +446 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Forest Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Lindstrom quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Lindstrom | $500,000 | This 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lindstrom | - | There was a social media picture of blown down power lines near Lindstrom. The emergency manager also reported several trees down in Lindstrom. |
| July 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Lindstrom | - | A brief tornado hit three properties, knocking down dozens of trees and collapsing a barn. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lindstrom | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lindstrom | - | A trained spotter measured a 59 knot wind gust at the intersection of Highway 8 and 14. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Lindstrom | - | Relayed by broadcast media. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lindstrom | - | Power lines were downed. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lindstrom | - | Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lindstrom | - | Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Lindstrom | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Hail | Lindstrom | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Lindstrom | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Lindstrom | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Lindstrom | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Lindstrom | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Estates | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Center City | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Chisago City | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Croix Estates | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bonnie Glen | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Shafer | 5.3 miles | 23 | |
| Kost | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Stacy | 7.4 miles | 13 |
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 Lindstrom | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2232344 | 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 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.







