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Milaca, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Milaca City. It lies in ZIP code area 56353. It stands on Chase Brook. The Survey maps it on the Milaca quadrangle. 3,021 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.

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Milaca within Mille Lacs County

On record in Milaca

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Milaca grew from 2,946 to 3,021 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,946
20203,021+75 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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.

Fires near this place

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Milaca between 1992 and 2020, burning about 531 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning85
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
27 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 July 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mille Lacs County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Milaca: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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
Mille Lacs Aggr. & Concrete PlSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Mille Lacs County

Storms near this place

42 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milaca in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 20 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 heavy rain. 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
August 2019Tornado (EF1)Milaca$200,000A NWS storm survey indicated that an EF-1 tornado touched down in a field just east of Mille Lacs County Road 4, and tracked to the southeast. EF-1 damage occurred along 70th Avenue where a large pole barn was completely destroyed. A nearby home also saw about half of its roof decking lifted off. Dozens of trees were broken or uprooted. The maximum winds were estimated at 90 mph.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMilaca-A few large trees were blown down north of Milaca.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMilaca-Farm equipment was blown over and damaged. In addition, 800 pound hay bales were blown across the farm.
August 2016Flash FloodMilaca-Significant flooding was reported in both Milaca & Borgholm Townships. Some areas had as much as 8 inches of flowing water in Milaca, and water was a couple feet deep on roads around the high school, with one car floating down a road.
August 2016Heavy RainMilaca-A measured rainfall report of 4.50 inches occurred near Milaca.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMilaca-Power lines and a large tree were blown down in the eastern part of Milaca.
July 2015Heavy RainMilaca-A rainfall amount of 2.11 inches occurred in Milaca in less than an hour.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMilaca-A Minnesota Department of Transportation Wind Sensor measured a wind gust of 68 knots.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMilaca-Several large trees were uprooted.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMilaca-Three to four inch diameter tree limbs severed.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMilaca-Twenty inch diameter tree down.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindMilaca-At least twenty trees 8 to 14 inches in diameter snapped off.
August 2007HailMilaca-Winds also estimated at 50 mph.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindMilaca-Fifteen inch diameter tree toppled.
May 2007HailMilaca-Torrential rain and estimated gusts to 45 mph also reported.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindMilaca-Few trees down, including one on a car and truck.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMilaca-Hundreds of trees down. Two barns and one shed down.
July 2000Tornado (F0)Milaca-Touched down in open field. No damage.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindMilaca-Estimated windspeed.
September 1998HailMilaca-Roof damage to multiple farmsteads. Broken windows. At least 5 automobiles totalled. Many vehicles with hail damage.
October 1997Thunderstorm WindMilaca-Trees down. Estimated windspeed.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMilaca-A number of trees were blown down by strong winds.
August 2016HailMilaca-no account filed
July 2015HailMilaca-no account filed
May 2012HailMilaca-no account filed
May 2011HailMilaca-no account filed
May 2011HailMilaca-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMilaca-no account filed
May 2008HailMilaca-no account filed
July 2007HailMilaca-no account filed
April 2004HailMilaca-no account filed
August 2002HailMilaca-no account filed
July 2002HailMilaca-no account filed
September 2002HailMilaca-no account filed
June 2001HailMilaca-no account filed
June 2001HailMilaca-no account filed
July 2000HailMilaca-no account filed
July 1999HailMilaca-no account filed
December 1999Strong WindMilaca-no account filed
September 1998HailMilaca-no account filed
August 1997HailMilaca-no account filed
July 1996Funnel CloudMilaca-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mille Lacs 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
Foreston3.3 miles11
Pease4.0 miles11
Bock5.5 miles11
Woodward Brook6.6 miles10
Estes Brook8.6 miles11
Page9.1 miles11
Brickton10.6 miles11
Princeton13.4 miles11

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 MilacaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2229027The 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 647836. 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.