Mayer, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mayer City. It lies in ZIP code area 55360. The Survey maps it on the Mayer quadrangle. 2,453 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMayer grew from 1,749 to 2,453 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 | 1,749 | |
| 2020 | 2,453 | +704 (+40%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Waconia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Mayer quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mayer in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayer | $5,000 | Roof damage in Mayer was noted on a social media post. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayer | - | Report of a 12-inch diameter tree snapped at the base. A MNDOT RWIS station located one mile to the NE of the storm report site recorded a 60-mph wind gust. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Mayer | - | Touchdown was likely in a field northwest of Goose Lake. The most substantial tree damage occurred along the northwest shore of Lake Waconia. The tornado then tracked across County Rd 92 south of Crown College before ending somewhere between Parley Lake Rd and the western edge of Carver Park Reserve. The maximum estimated wind speed was 95 mph. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayer | - | A three to four foot diameter tree was uprooted with numerous large branches snapped. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayer | - | Several large branches were downed, some of which were partially blocking a road. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayer | - | Wind gust was reported by Mesonet station, MN023 (MAYER 1NE). |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayer | - | A large tree fell on a power line near Mayer, and started a fire. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayer | - | A six-inch diameter tree limb was blown down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayer | - | Two to three inch tree limbs severed. |. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayer | - | Few trees down. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Mayer | - | Six to ten acres of corn flattened. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayer | - | 2 foot diameter trees blown down. Estimated windspeed. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Mayer | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Mayer | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Mayer | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Mayer | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Mayer | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Mayer | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayer | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| New Germany | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Hollywood | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hydes Lake | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Watertown | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Waconia | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hazelton | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Coney Island | 7.0 miles | 12 |
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 Mayer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2229369 | 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 647629. 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.
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.






