Maple Grove, Minnesota
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Maple Grove City. It lies in ZIP code area 55311. The Survey maps it on the Osseo quadrangle. 70,253 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 935 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresMaple Grove grew from 1,197 to 70,253 between 1890 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 1,197 | |
| 2010 | 61,567 | |
| 2020 | 70,253 | +8,686 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1902 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Osseo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Osseo quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
153 words on this townshipHistory of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Maple Grove City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Maple Grove City - 153 words.
Fires near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Maple Grove between 2000 and 2012, burning about 120 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Maple Grove: 16 producers, 1 past producer. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson No 609 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barton Pit No 704 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barton Pit No 707 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barton Pit No 708 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barton Pit No 725 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barton Pit No 730 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chas M Freidheim S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gottchalk Pit No 706 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit No 724 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Landers Pit and Mill No 710 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maple Grove in 26 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 13 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Grove | $5,000 | A large tree and several larger tree limbs were blown down in Maple Grove, between the hospital and Rice Lake. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Grove | $500 | A power line and large tree were blown down at Fernbrook Lane and 129th Ave. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Grove | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts caused damage to a residential privacy fence and also knocked down multiple trees. Additional large trees were down near Fernbrook Ln N and 117th Ave. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Maple Grove | - | A local trained weather observer measured 6.44 inches of rainfall in northern Maple Grove between Wednesday afternoon, September 21st, to the early morning of Thursday, September 22nd. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Maple Grove | - | A local trained weather observer measured 9.86 inches of rainfall in Maple Grove (just east of Weaver Lake) during the afternoon and evening of Wednesday, September 21st. |
| May 2012 | Heavy Rain | Maple Grove | - | A local observer measured 3.22 inches in the last 24 hours. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Grove | - | A large tree was uprooted near Highway 101 and Gladstone Blvd in the northwest section of Maple Grove. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Grove | - | A large tree was uprooted. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Maple Grove | - | Hail occurred at 494 and Bass Lake road. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Maple Grove | - | Hail occurred at intersection OF County roads 12 and 13. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Maple Grove | - | Reported near Interstate 94 and 85th Avenue. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Maple Grove | - | At County Road 30 and Dunkirk Lane. |
| August 2005 | Heavy Rain | Maple Grove | - | Standing water up to one foot deep was reported at the intersection of 85th Avenue and Zachary Lane. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Maple Grove | - | Nickel sized hail fell near the intersection of Bass Lake Road and Sycamore Lane. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Grove | - | Several trees and power lines down. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Grove | - | Numerous trees down. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Maple Grove | - | Strong winds also blew down trees and tipped over boats and sheds. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Maple Grove | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Maple Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Maple Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Maple Grove | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Maple Grove | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Maple Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Maple Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Maple Grove | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Grove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Farms | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Plymouth | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Hamel | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Osseo | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| New Hope | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Corcoran | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Ditter | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Brooklyn Park | 5.5 miles | 21 |
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 Maple Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q983741 | 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 647465. 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.










