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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.

Maple Grove within Hennepin County

Population over time

3 figures

Maple 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.

YearPeople Change
18901,197
201061,567
202070,253+8,686 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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.

In the county-history sources

153 words on this township

History 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 2000

Regional 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/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
17 August 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2012Arson/incendiarism60 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 April 2007Arson/incendiarism16 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2003Arson/incendiarism30 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2000Arson/incendiarism14 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hennepin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anderson No 609 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barton Pit No 704Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barton Pit No 707Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barton Pit No 708Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barton Pit No 725Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barton Pit No 730Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chas M Freidheim S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gottchalk Pit No 706Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnson Pit No 724Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Landers Pit and Mill No 710Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Hennepin County

Storms near this place

26 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMaple Grove$5,000A large tree and several larger tree limbs were blown down in Maple Grove, between the hospital and Rice Lake.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindMaple Grove$500A power line and large tree were blown down at Fernbrook Lane and 129th Ave.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMaple 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 2016Heavy RainMaple 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 2016Heavy RainMaple 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 2012Heavy RainMaple Grove-A local observer measured 3.22 inches in the last 24 hours.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindMaple Grove-A large tree was uprooted near Highway 101 and Gladstone Blvd in the northwest section of Maple Grove.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMaple Grove-A large tree was uprooted.
May 2008HailMaple Grove-Hail occurred at 494 and Bass Lake road.
May 2008HailMaple Grove-Hail occurred at intersection OF County roads 12 and 13.
May 2007HailMaple Grove-Reported near Interstate 94 and 85th Avenue.
June 2007HailMaple Grove-At County Road 30 and Dunkirk Lane.
August 2005Heavy RainMaple Grove-Standing water up to one foot deep was reported at the intersection of 85th Avenue and Zachary Lane.
June 2004HailMaple Grove-Nickel sized hail fell near the intersection of Bass Lake Road and Sycamore Lane.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMaple Grove-Several trees and power lines down.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindMaple Grove-Numerous trees down.
July 1997HailMaple Grove-Strong winds also blew down trees and tipped over boats and sheds.
July 2019HailMaple Grove-no account filed
July 2019HailMaple Grove-no account filed
May 2011HailMaple Grove-no account filed
May 2008HailMaple Grove-no account filed
September 2005HailMaple Grove-no account filed
September 2005HailMaple Grove-no account filed
June 2003HailMaple Grove-no account filed
June 1999Funnel CloudMaple Grove-no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindMaple Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hennepin 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
Mission Farms4.1 miles21
Plymouth4.3 miles21
Hamel4.3 miles15
Osseo4.3 miles21
New Hope4.4 miles21
Corcoran5.1 miles15
Ditter5.4 miles15
Brooklyn Park5.5 miles21

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 GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q983741The 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.