Menahga, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Blueberry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56464. The Survey maps it on the Menahga quadrangle. 1,340 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,401 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMenahga grew from 1,306 to 1,340 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 | 1,306 | |
| 2020 | 1,340 | +34 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Menahga quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Detroit Lakes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
132 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Menahga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 462 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Fireworks | 3.2 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
33 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Menahga in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 17 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Menahga | 1 hurt, $5,000,000 | The tornado touched down near the south end of Stocking Lake and tracked north-northeast for nearly 14 miles. It crossed into Hubbard County about 4 miles north-northeast of Menagha by 920 am CDT. It then tracked an additional 9 miles and lifted about 3 miles northeast of Park Rapids by 934 am CDT. The maximum tornado width was about 450 yards with peak winds of 130 mph. Eight large turkey barns were destroyed and several homes damaged along with hundreds of acres of forest. One man working near a turkey barn was injured. |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Menahga | $20,000 | Lightning struck a garage, which ignited a fire that burned the entire structure down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menahga | $15,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in Menahga, with one tree falling on a house. |
| June 1996 | Hail | Menahga | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menahga | $5,000 | Strong winds blew down numerous trees around Spirit Lake. One property owner reported that his dock, boat lift, and pontoon were flipped completely over. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Menahga | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menahga | - | Several poplar and ash trees were snapped across western Blueberry Township. Time estimated based on radar. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menahga | - | Strong winds damaged a porch. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menahga | - | A few trees were snapped. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menahga | - | Small trees and branches were blown down as well as a heavy golf target. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menahga | - | Trees were blown down or uprooted and streets were blocked by downed trees and power lines. A metal roof was blown off a building. |
| July 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Menahga | - | A wall cloud with funnel were viewed from Park Rapids. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menahga | - | Several six inch diameter tree branches were blown down around town. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Menahga | - | The hail ranged in size from penny to quarter size. Pictures showed the hail thick enough to cover the ground. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menahga | - | Shingles were blown off a roof and numerous trees were blown down. A significant amount of quarter to half inch hail covered the ground for a period of time after the storm passed. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menahga | - | Several large tree limbs were broken down and power poles snapped near Lower Twin Lake and the Hubbard County line. The time was estimated from radar. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menahga | - | Numerous large branches were broken down and a few pine and poplar trees were snapped across northern Blueberry Township. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Menahga | - | Hail covered the lawn. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Menahga | - | The hail occurred with strong winds and frequent lightning. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Menahga | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Menahga | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Menahga | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Menahga | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Menahga | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Menahga | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Menahga | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Menahga | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Menahga | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Menahga | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Menahga | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menahga | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Menahga | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Menahga | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sebeka | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Huntersville | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Nimrod | 14.0 miles | 8 | |
| Blue Grass | 15.3 miles | 9 | |
| Oylen | 20.1 miles | 8 | |
| Wadena | 21.6 miles | 9 | |
| Verndale | 24.9 miles | 9 | |
| Esterdy | 27.2 miles | 9 |
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 Menahga | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1924212 | 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 647760. 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.





