Milan, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Kragero Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56262. The Survey maps it on the Milan quadrangle. 428 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresMilan grew from 326 to 428 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 326 | |
| 2010 | 369 | +43 (+13%) |
| 2020 | 428 | +59 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Willmar quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Milan between 2000 and 2003, burning about 3,201 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3,191 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | CHIPPEWA PRAIRIE |
| 2 March 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milan in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 13 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Flood | Milan | $75,000 | A combination of record setting seasonal snowfall, high snow water equivalent values, and rapid snow melt led to low lying areas, ditches, and ravines across the county to flood for a prolonged period of time. Road infrastructure such as bridges, gravel roads, and culverts experience varied degrees of damage caused by rapid runoff. Chippewa County Emergency Management reported $75,600 in damages to roads and bridges. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | $5,000 | Several power lines were blown down. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Report of numerous large trees down between Milan and Chippewa County Road 32. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Photos were provided of snapped power pole and several large tree limbs down onto a house. The chaser noted no convergent damage. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Milan | - | A brief tornado developed about 3 miles north northwest of Milan. It uprooted several trees and then moved into Swift County where it significantly damaged farm outbuildings. Maximum winds for the Chippewa County portion were estimated at 70 mph. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Milan | - | Numerous roads were closed for several days due to snow melt, and the flood waters that develop from it. Rapidly runoff led to impassable roads, especially along streams and creeks along county roads. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Milan | - | Township road washed out near Milan. Dry Weather Creek, north of Montevideo running very high. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Numerous large trees downed around town. Power lines also toppled. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Three large circular grain bins blown over. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Four inch tree limbs down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Numerous trees downed; some were snapped. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Estimated winds. Steel siding ripped off barn. Numerous trees down in Milan, some on houses. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Barn collapse. Estimated windspeed. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Milan | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Hagan | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Big Bend City | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Watson | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Montevideo | 15.2 miles | 10 | |
| Gracelock | 18.1 miles | 10 | |
| Wegdahl | 20.7 miles | 10 | |
| Louriston | 24.5 miles | 10 |
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 Milan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1924803 | 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 647837. 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.




