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Little Falls, Minnesota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Little Falls City. It lies in ZIP code area 56345. It lies near Mill Island. The Survey maps it on the Little Falls East quadrangle. 9,140 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.

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Little Falls within Morrison County

On record in Little Falls

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 11 records

Population over time

2 figures

Little Falls grew from 8,343 to 9,140 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
20108,343
20209,140+797 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

215 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Little Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 645 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 burning96
Equipment and vehicle use38
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Smoking13
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 August 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morrison County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Little Falls: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Water, Free, Aluminum, Iron, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mississippi River Area ClaysTitanium, Water, Free, Aluminum, Iron, SilicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Morrison County

Storms near this place

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Falls in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 20 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 2 flood, 2 heavy rain. 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
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls$75,000Significant wind damage occurred to city-owned property of the Little Falls Golf Course. There were 53 trees lost to the storm, along with several large branches. There were also several buildings damage to the local Little Falls Community School District. Dozens of trees were also broken or uprooted in the southeast part of town. A damage survey by the NWS was performed and it appeared to have been downburst damage.
June 2001Flash FloodLittle Falls$20,000Little Elk River in Randall overflowed. Skunk River in Pierz overflowed and undermined Park Road bridge. Many highways and basements flooded.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Trees down in the Little Falls with a measured wind gust of 65 mph.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-A few trees were down, including one on a power line.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Tree down on the 700 block of 6th St NE. Time estimated via radar.
June 2022Heavy RainLittle Falls-Storm total from overnight thunderstorms 4.00 inches.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-A measured wind report from a private weather sensor.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-There were numerous reports of downed trees in the Little Falls area.
July 2019HailLittle Falls-There were reports of hail throughout the county, with the largest hailstone being ping pong ball size in Little Falls.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-A tree was blown onto a house in Little Falls.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-A tree was blown down across a road in Little Falls.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Several trees were blown down in Little Falls.
June 2013Heavy RainLittle Falls-Storm total rainfall amount of 3.73 inches was measured near Little Falls.
March 2010FloodLittle Falls-Highway 10 bridge was closed due to an ice jam.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Dozens of trees also reported down in vicinity.
August 2007HailLittle Falls-Hail covered the ground.
August 2007HailLittle Falls-Hail covered the ground.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Two trees down in and near spotter residence. Additional trees and power lines down on the west side of town.
June 2007HailLittle Falls-Heavy rain also reported.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-A tree was reported felled in Belle Prairie Township.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Tree limbs were downed in the southwest part of town.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Two hangars, a maintenance garage, and the roof of the terminal building were damaged by winds measured at 78 MPH at the airport in the southeast corner of town. A large tree also fell onto a truck at the airport. In town, Oak trees up to 40 feet tall and several branches were blown down.
August 2005HailLittle Falls-Penny sized hail falling along Highway 27 stopped traffic.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-A tree was downed between two homes on 7th Street SE.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Several trees were downed, including one in Pine Grove Park.
June 2001HailLittle Falls-This was the last severe report from a series of storms that formed in Douglas County near Rose City, produced a tornado 3 E Long Prairie in Todd County, and moved into Morrison County.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Grove of trees felled.
July 2000FloodLittle Falls-Two to three inches rain in less than two hours caused minor street flooding, with two vehicles stranded.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Trees blown down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Estimated winds, trees down.
July 1999Tornado (F0)Little Falls-Large trees down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Trees down from thunderstorm winds.
May 2022HailLittle Falls-no account filed
May 2022HailLittle Falls-no account filed
July 2016HailLittle Falls-no account filed
July 2009HailLittle Falls-no account filed
July 2008HailLittle Falls-no account filed
May 2006HailLittle Falls-no account filed
July 2006HailLittle Falls-no account filed
September 2002HailLittle Falls-no account filed
September 2002HailLittle Falls-no account filed
June 2001Funnel CloudLittle Falls-no account filed
June 2001HailLittle Falls-no account filed
July 1999HailLittle Falls-no account filed
June 1997HailLittle Falls-no account filed
July 1995HailLittle Falls-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morrison 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
Maple Leaf Court0.8 miles12
Gregory2.6 miles12
Belle Prairie4.2 miles13
Sobieski6.3 miles12
Camp Ripley Junction6.7 miles13
Vawter7.6 miles10
Flensburg9.3 miles12
Freedhem9.8 miles12

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 Little FallsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1903165The 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 646801. 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.