Minnetrista, Minnesota
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Minnetrista City. It lies in ZIP code area 55359. The Survey maps it on the Mound quadrangle. 8,262 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Minnetrista
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
Crane Island Historic Districtlisted 1991- Schmid Farmhouse Ruinlisted 2015
Population over time
3 figuresMinnetrista grew from 212 to 8,262 between 1860 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1860 | 212 | |
| 2010 | 6,384 | |
| 2020 | 8,262 | +1,878 (+29%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1905 USGS Minnetonka quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Minnetonka quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lake Minnetonka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Mound quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul 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 Minnetrista between 2000 and 2012, burning about 84 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 November 2012 | Debris and open burning | 77 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 October 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minnetrista in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Minnetrista | $1,000,000 | A damage survey determined that an EF1 tornado touched down in the northeast side of Minnetrista, or on the west side of the intersection of County Road 110, and 151. The tornado tracked east-northeast for approximately nine miles to the east side of County Road 101, or at Garland and 25th which is in the southwest portion of Plymouth. Numerous trees were snapped and dozens of other trees fell on homes and vehicles. Boats were tossed and roofs were partially removed from two homes and a business. |
| September 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Minnetrista | $250,000 | This is the continuation of the Carver County tornado that moved into Hennepin County northeast of Timber Creek Golf Course. The storm survey determined an EF1 tornado occurred in Hennepin County where trees, crops, and a few machine sheds or outbuildings were damaged or blown down. ||The path length in Hennepin County was 2.5 miles, making the tornado total path length of 3.87 miles. The maximum width in Hennepin County was 210 yards, with a maximum wind speed of 90 mph. ||This tornado was also confirmed by the MPX radar in real time given the Tornado Debris Signature sampled by the radar. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnetrista | $88,000 | 27 homes damaged by winds or fallng trees. Neighboring city of Independence also experienced scattered home damage due to down trees and power lines. Estimated windspeed. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnetrista | $50,000 | Several large trees and power lines fell down from near Minnetrista, to two miles west of Mound, then north to near the intersection of County Road 26 and 110, northeast of Minnetrista, Minnesota. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnetrista | - | A 20 inch diameter tree was blown down. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnetrista | - | Four inch tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Minnetrista | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Minnetrista | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnetrista | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mound | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Bonifacius | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Lyndale | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Saga Hill | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Island Park | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Spring Park | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Armstrong | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Maple Plain | 5.8 miles | 15 |
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 Minnetrista | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2232122 | 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 1669532. 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.








