Mounds View, Minnesota
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Mounds View City. It lies in ZIP code area 55112. The Survey maps it on the New Brighton quadrangle. 13,249 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 912 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMounds View grew from 12,155 to 13,249 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 | 12,155 | |
| 2020 | 13,249 | +1,094 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1902 USGS White Bear quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS New Brighton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS New Brighton quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS New Brighton quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS New Brighton quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
5,625 words on this townshipHIstory of Ramsey County and the CIty of St. Paul, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Mounds View City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
William Emerson was born in Ireland in 1833, He received the advantage of a common school education. January 12th. 1850. he landed in New York city : came westward to Chicago, in 1852: thence to Madison. Wisconsin, proceeding. in 1857, to Minnesota. Two years were passed in St. Paul, a short time in St. Anthony. then he started with Captain Fisk for Montana, but was opposed by the Indians in Dakota. Returning to St. Anthony, he. in 1867. traded his property there for aportion of his present farm in Mounds View. to which he added by purchase in 1880. Has been justice of the peace four years. and has been school clerk since 1869. Married, June 8, 1859, at St. Paul. Ann Saxton. They have nine children living: George, Martin, Henry T., John, ica with his parents, they locating in Red River His father lived there five years, dealing chiefly in stock. During the high waters of 1826, much of his stock was drowned. He then moved to Minnesota, locating
Passage source: HIstory of Ramsey County and the CIty of St. Paul, published 1881.
Charles Mehmke was born at Hanoyer, Germany, October 2d, 1517. in the land of his nativity, coming to this country in 1854, after a voyage of eight weeks. He immediately started for St. Paul, arriving July 18, after a three weeks' trip up the Mississippi. Worked two years on a farm on Turtle lake, in Mounds View township. then, in 1856, purchased eighty acres on section three, which he has since improved. October 2, 1854, married at St. Paul, Christina Weyhe, who died November 3, 1880, leaving two daughters, Lottie and Minnie.
Passage source: HIstory of Ramsey County and the CIty of St. Paul, published 1881.
moving to his present place in Mounds View, in 1875. Married in Wisconsin to Phebe J. Cook: Stanley M., Ethan A., John C.. Russell G., Edith L.and Benjamin F. Jr., are their children. William H. Delany, a native of Ireland, was born in 1841. When six years old. came with his dred and fifty-seven acres on section 24. Mounds View. November 20th, 1860, he married Mary O'Neil. Eight children have been born to them; the living are: Thomas, John. Mary A., Sarah A. and Catharine.
Passage source: HIstory of Ramsey County and the CIty of St. Paul, published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Mounds View City - it names this place 3 more 3 times.
Fires near this place
37 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Mounds View between 1998 and 2019, burning about 784 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 54 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 6.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 May 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mounds View: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anoka County Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Arsenal Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mounds View in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mounds View | $25,000 | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down from Mounds View, to New Brighton, Shoreview, Arden Hills and Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, including three large trees that fell on a home in Arden Hills and damaged it. A trained spotter measured a wind gust of 70 mph in Vadnais Heights. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Mounds View | $20,000 | An EF-0 tornado continued in Ramsey County, near Spring Lake, then north-northeast as it crossed back into Anoka County, near Highway 10, south of the Blaine-Anoka County Airport. Most of the damage was confined to sporadic trees blown down along the path. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mounds View | - | Large tree down approximately 18 inches in diameter, near 85th Ave and Spring Lake Road in Mounds View. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mounds View | - | A 7 inch diameter tree was snapped in half near Silver Lake Rd and County Road 10. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Mounds View | - | Occurred at the intersection of I-35W and County Road H2. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mounds View | - | Numerous six to eight inch branches down near Interstate 35W and County Road 10. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Mounds View | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Mounds View | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Brighton | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Shoreview | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Arden Hills | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Cardigan Junction | 6.4 miles | 22 | |
| North Oaks | 6.9 miles | 22 | |
| Lauderdale | 7.3 miles | 28 | |
| Roseville | 7.4 miles | 22 | |
| Vadnais Heights | 7.9 miles | 22 |
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 Mounds View | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1958703 | 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 648158. 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.











