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.
Population over time
2 figuresNashwauk 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 983 | |
| 2020 | 970 | -13 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1952 USGS Nashwauk quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Pokegama Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 73 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 135 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Annex Reserve | Iron, Silica, Aluminum, Manganese, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1949 | |
| La Rue Mine | Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Hanna Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 22w | Iron, Water, Free | Prospect | Surface | |
| Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 23w | Iron, Water, Free | Prospect | Surface | |
| Troumbly Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Carol Mine | Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1937 | |
| Harrison Mine | Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1914 | |
| Mississippi No.2 Mine | Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1933 | |
| Patrick-Ann Mine | Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1917 |
Storms near this place
15 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Nashwauk | - | Water was quickly pooling in yards and parking lots in the area. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashwauk | - | Numerous trees were downed in the area. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Nashwauk | - | Water to a depth of 4 feet was over Pearson Avenue in Nashwauk resulting in the closure of the road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashwauk | - | 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashwauk | - | 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 2007 | Hail | Nashwauk | - | Trees were also blown down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashwauk | - | Trees were blown down. The wind speed is estimated. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Nashwauk | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Nashwauk | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Nashwauk | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Nashwauk | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Nashwauk | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Nashwauk | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Nashwauk | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Nashwauk | - | 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.
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 Nashwauk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1012336 | 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 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.





