Miltona, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Miltona Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56354. The Survey maps it on the Lake Miltona East quadrangle. 431 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,407 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMiltona grew from 424 to 431 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 | 424 | |
| 2020 | 431 | +7 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Lake Miltona East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Miltona between 1992 and 2018, burning about 334 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 190 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Miltona: 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas County Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Hanson Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| R & R Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wonderlake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miltona in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miltona | - | Several trees and a few power lines were blown down near the intersection of County Road 14 and Sandy Beach Road. An old barn also collapsed. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miltona | - | Trees downed across road. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Miltona | - | Trained spotters reported a funnel cloud extending close to the ground just west of Miltona, but their view was obstructed by trees so they could not say for certain if the funnel touched the ground. However, citizens photographed it touching down on Lake Miltona. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miltona | - | Two trees and numerous large limbs were downed. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miltona | - | A downed tree barely missed a house 2 miles south of Rose City. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Miltona | - | Hail covered ground. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miltona | - | Numerous trees down around Miltona and Lake Irene, including one on a garage and another on a deck. One tree was blown down onto a van, but the family inside the van was not injured. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miltona | - | Estimated winds. Roof ripped off home. Auto damaged. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miltona | - | Numerous trees down. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Miltona | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Miltona | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Miltona | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Miltona | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Miltona | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miltona | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Center | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Belle River | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Carlos | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Rose City | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Leaf Valley | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hiview Park | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Nelson | 10.8 miles | 11 | |
| Alexandria | 11.9 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 Miltona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1004406 | 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 647897. 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.





