Mapleview, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Austin City. It lies in ZIP code area 55912. It stands on Murphy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Austin East quadrangle. 144 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,220 feet above sea level.

Mapleview within Mower County

Population over time

2 figures

Mapleview fell from 176 to 144 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	176
2020	144	-32 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Austin East quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Mapleview between 2006 and 2018, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning	1
Fireworks	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
4 May 2018	Fireworks	under an acre	Windom Wetland Management District	LOST LAKE
14 March 2006	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mower County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mapleview: 2 producers. All of them 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
	Hyland Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Lea Sand & Gravel Plit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Mower County

Storms near this place

46 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mapleview in 46 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 15 flood, 6 flash flood, 4 hail. 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
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	$60,000	The KMSQ TV transmitter tower, located at Riverland Community College in Austin, was blown down.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	$50,000	The public reported trees uprooted and structural damage 1 mile east of Austin.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	$30,000	Several trees were blown down in Austin. Some homes and vehicles were damaged by the fallen trees. Around 700 customers lost power because of the storm damage.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	$20,000	Numerous trees were blown down across the western portion of Mower County. A semi was blown over north of Austin.
June 2024	Flash Flood	Mapleview	$10,000	Emergency management reported multiple streets were barricaded due to quickly rising water in the city of Austin.
June 2015	Flash Flood	Mapleview	$10,000	Interstate 90 in Austin was closed as parts of it became submerged by flood waters. A car was totaled after running into a fire truck on the flooded portion of Interstate 90. U.S. Highway 218 on the east side of Austin also had water on the road and there were numerous reports of street flooding.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	$5,000	Trees were blown down on the west side of Austin.
September 2019	Flash Flood	Mapleview	$5,000	Runoff from heavy rain caused street flooding to occur in Austin. Officials had to close Interstate 90 for about 4 hours because water covered all the lanes of traffic. Some motorists became stranded because of the flooding.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	$5,000	no account filed
September 2016	Flash Flood	Mapleview	$4,500	Heavy rain caused street flooding to occur in Austin. Interstate 90 had to be closed because of the flooding between Oakland Ave NW and 6th Ave NE. One person had to be rescued after driving into flood waters and the car became stuck.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	$4,000	Tree branches were blown down in Austin that caused power lines to come down.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	$3,000	Numerous trees were blown down in Austin.
June 2008	Flood	Mapleview	$3,000	A section of Interstate 90 was closed between 11th Drive to 6th Street.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	$2,000	Trees were blown down on the northwest side of Austin.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	$2,000	Trees were blown down in Austin.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	$2,000	no account filed
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	$1,000	A large tree was uprooted in Austin.
June 2010	Lightning	Mapleview	$1,000	Lightning struck a tree in Driesner Park in Austin starting a small fire and caused the tree to split open.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	$500	Large tree branches were blown down in Mapleview.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	$500	A 12 inch diameter tree branch was snapped off by high winds in Austin.
July 2010	Lightning	Mapleview	$500	Power lines were knocked down leading to a few sparks and some smoke on the roof of a house, but a fire did not start.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	$400	Two six to eight inch in diameter trees were blown down on the southeast side of Austin.
May 1994	Hail	Mapleview	$50	Hail the size of quarters fell in Mapleview or 1 N Austin.
June 2025	Hail	Mapleview	-	The public reported ping pong ball sized hail in the city of Austin.
August 2025	Flood	Mapleview	-	Heavy rain during the middle of August allowed the Turtle Creek at Austin to rise into flood stage during the morning on August 18th. The site crested at 11.54 ft in minor flood stage during the afternoon on August 18th before falling below flood stage during the early evening on August 19th.
June 2024	Flash Flood	Mapleview	-	Law enforcement reported that Interstate 90 was closed due to water over the road. A vehicle was reported to be stalled due to the floodwaters.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	-	An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred on the northside of Austin.
March 2019	Flood	Mapleview	-	Runoff from melting snow caused flooding to occur along Turtle Creek near Austin. The river crested just under a foot above the flood stage at 11.31 feet on March 22nd.
September 2018	Flood	Mapleview	-	Runoff from heavy rain pushed Turtle Creek out of its banks near Austin. The creek crested just over flood stage at 10.66 feet on September 5th.
September 2018	Flood	Mapleview	-	Runoff from the heavy rain pushed Turtle Creek out its banks near Austin. The creek crested less than a half foot above the flood stage at 10.74 feet on September 21st.
June 2018	Flood	Mapleview	-	Runoff from heavy rains pushed Turtle Creek out of its banks near Austin. The creek crested over a foot above the flood stage at 11.82 feet on the 21st.
June 2016	Hail	Mapleview	-	Quarter sized hail fell in Austin.
September 2016	Flood	Mapleview	-	Runoff from heavy rain pushed Turtle Creek out of its banks near Austin. The creek crested three feet above the flood stage at 13.58 feet.
September 2016	Flood	Mapleview	-	Flood waters caused officials to close several city streets in Austin. Austin schools canceled classes on the 22nd because of the flooding.
October 2016	Flood	Mapleview	-	Runoff from heavy rains pushed Turtle Creek out of its banks near Austin. The creek crested just over a foot above the flood stage at 11.61 feet.
June 2015	Flood	Mapleview	-	Locally heavy rains caused Turtle Creek near Austin to go out of its banks. The creek crested less than a half foot above the flood stage at 10.66 feet.
June 2014	Flood	Mapleview	-	Runoff from heavy rain pushed Turtle Creek out of its banks near Austin. The creek crested over two feet above the flood stage at 12.58 feet.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	-	An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred in Austin.
October 2013	Flash Flood	Mapleview	-	Heavy rain flooded an underpass along Oakland Avenue in Austin.
March 2011	Flood	Mapleview	-	The combination of rainfall and melting snow pushed Turtle Creek near Austin out of its banks. The creek exceeded the flood stage from the 20th into the 21st and again from the 23rd into the 24th. The highest crest was over a foot above the flood stage at 11.76 feet on the 23rd.
July 2011	Flood	Mapleview	-	Heavy rains pushed Turtle Creek out of its banks from the 16th into the 17th. The creek crested over a foot above the flood stage at 11.74 feet.
March 2010	Flood	Mapleview	-	Turtle Creek, just northwest of Austin, rose above the flood stage of 10.5 feet on the afternoon of March 14th. It crested at 11.68 feet at 1:15 p.m. on March 15th, then fell below flood stage early in the afternoon on March 16th.\|\|Only minor flooding was observed while the river level was above flood stage, with no damage reported.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	-	Thunderstorm winds blew vehicles off the road and into a cornfield at the intersection of Highway 218 and Interstate 90.
September 2010	Flood	Mapleview	-	Locally heavy rains pushed Turtle Creek near Austin out of its banks from September 23rd to the 26th. The creek exceeded the flood stage by over two feet, cresting at 12.71 feet.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Mapleview	-	KAAL television station measured a 60 miles per hour wind gust in the city of Austin.
May 2018	Hail	Mapleview	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mower 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ramsey	1.5 miles	9
Austin	1.6 miles	9
Andyville	2.5 miles	9
Austin Acres	2.8 miles	9
Lansing	3.9 miles	9
Nicolville	5.4 miles	9
Varco	5.9 miles	9
Mayville	6.4 miles	7

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 Mapleview	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2228424	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 647501. 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.