Maple Plain, Minnesota
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Maple Plain City. It lies in ZIP code area 55359. The Survey maps it on the Rockford quadrangle. 1,743 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,027 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMaple Plain fell from 1,768 to 1,743 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 | 1,768 | |
| 2020 | 1,743 | -25 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1909 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Maple Plain between 1999 and 2017, burning about 182 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 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 |
| 3 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 |
| 21 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 November 2012 | Debris and open burning | 77 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 November 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maple Plain in 23 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 13 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Plain | 3 hurt | Three young girls injured at YMCA camp when tree blown over onto tent. Barn also blown down in vicinity. Estimated windspeed. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Maple Plain | 1 hurt | A 30 yard wide tornado touched down in Independence near the intersection of county roads 11 and 90, then crossed Lake Sarah. Around the lake numerous boats and docks were damaged. On the southern edge of the lake a home sustained structural damage and an attached garage was destroyed along Woodhill Lane. Several 2 to 3 foot diameter trees and power lines were downed nearby. On the northern edge of the lake a small airplane hangar was blown away and hundreds of 1 to 2 foot diameter trees were knocked down along Lake Sarah Heights Drive and Sunset Lane. A tractor trailer was blown over on its side in the same neighborhood. Next the tornado moved northeast into extreme southeast Greenfield where it damaged ten homes in the Country Circle area just north of Highway 55. Two homes suffered significant damage including one home that had damage to exterior walls on the second story and another home that lost an attached garage. One man inside a damaged home was cut on the nose by flying glass. Finally the tornado moved into southwest Corcoran where it destroyed a barn near the intersection of County Road 19 and Pioneer Trail. On the same property a three-season porch, chimney, heated 4-stall garage, fences, and two ice fishing houses were also lost. The tornado lifted nearby after being on the ground for 3 miles. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Plain | - | A couple of large tree limbs were snapped off. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Plain | - | Dozens of trees were blown down in Maple Plain. Some landed on houses and vehicles, while others fell across roads. |
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | Maple Plain | - | A recorded rainfall amount of 2.20 inches fell in 30 minutes near Maple Plain. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Plain | - | Numerous trees, 10 to 15 inches in diameter were blown down in Baker Park. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Maple Plain | - | Several areas around Maple Plain, Minnesota, had up to quarter size hail for a few minutes. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Maple Plain | - | Occurred on mile South of Highway 12 and County Road 83. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Plain | - | Tree down across road at intersection of County roads 11 and 92. |
| June 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Maple Plain | - | Reported in the northwestern corner of Independence. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Maple Plain | - | Three distinct bursts of hail which turned the ground white. |
| June 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Maple Plain | - | Funnel was reported to be close to the ground, but debris was not observed. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Maple Plain | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Maple Plain | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Maple Plain | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Maple Plain | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Maple Plain | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Maple Plain | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Maple Plain | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Maple Plain | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Maple Plain | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Maple Plain | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Maple Plain | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Independence | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Stubbs Bay | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Loretto | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Orono | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Saga Hill | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Medina | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Lyndale | 4.4 miles | 18 |
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 Plain | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2228155 | 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 647497. 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.









