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Nashwauk, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Nashwauk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55769. The Survey maps it on the Nashwauk quadrangle. 970 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,473 feet above sea level.

Nashwauk within Itasca County

Population over time

2 figures

Nashwauk fell from 983 to 970 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
2010983
2020970-13 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Nashwauk between 1992 and 2020, burning about 313 acres in total. None started naturally. 73 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/incendiarism73
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2019Debris and open burning1.2 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Itasca County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 135 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 135 workings within 5 miles of Nashwauk: 109 past producers, 15 prospects, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Water, Free, 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
Gordon Annex ReserveIron, Silica, Aluminum, Manganese, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1949
La Rue MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1903
Hanna Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 22wIron, Water, FreeProspectSurface
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 23wIron, Water, FreeProspectSurface
Troumbly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Carol MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1937
Harrison MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1914
Mississippi No.2 MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1933
Patrick-Ann MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1917

Every working recorded in Itasca County

Storms near this place

15 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nashwauk in 15 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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
June 2024Flash FloodNashwauk-Water was quickly pooling in yards and parking lots in the area.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNashwauk-Numerous trees were downed in the area.
August 2020Flash FloodNashwauk-Water to a depth of 4 feet was over Pearson Avenue in Nashwauk resulting in the closure of the road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNashwauk-Large trees were blown down and metal roofs were torn off. Items for the July 4th festivities were blown all across the main street in town.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindNashwauk-Trees were blown down on County Roads 8 and 56 near Nashwauk. A few trees fell on power lines, with power outages in the Grand Rapids area and to the east near Nashwauk, Pengilly and Warba.
May 2007HailNashwauk-Trees were also blown down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindNashwauk-Trees were blown down. The wind speed is estimated.
August 2024HailNashwauk-no account filed
August 2024HailNashwauk-no account filed
June 2024HailNashwauk-no account filed
June 2024HailNashwauk-no account filed
May 2010HailNashwauk-no account filed
May 2010HailNashwauk-no account filed
July 2006HailNashwauk-no account filed
July 2006HailNashwauk-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Itasca 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
Cooley2.0 miles11
Kevin2.6 miles11
Pengilly3.6 miles11
Jurgenson4.6 miles11
Bennett5.1 miles11
Keewatin5.3 miles11
Cort5.3 miles11
Calumet7.0 miles10

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 NashwaukAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1012336The 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 648428. 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.