Nevis, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Nevis City. It lies in ZIP code area 56467. The Survey maps it on the Nevis quadrangle. 377 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,473 feet above sea level.
On record in Nevis
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 1 record
- Louis J. Moser Houselisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresNevis fell from 390 to 377 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 | 390 | |
| 2020 | 377 | -13 (-3%) |
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
- 1970 USGS Nevis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Pine River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Nevis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 267 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2013 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nevis in 28 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 18 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | 1 hurt, $70,000 | A large recreational vehicle was overturned a complete revolution in the wind with 2 people inside. The woman sustained a cut on her head. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | $750,000 | Several large trees were blown down, which blocked highway 13. Power lines and power poles were also blown down. Boats and docks received damage on area lakes. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Nevis | $300,000 | A tornado tracked for about 1.5 miles to around 2 miles southeast of Nevis by 717 pm CDT. Several large trees were uprooted or knocked down along a path which crossed county road 13 south of state highway 34. Peak winds were estimated to 90 mph. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | $50,000 | Three buildings at Nevis Lumber sustained damage. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | $30,000 | Many large trees were blown down around Nevis. One tree fell on a house. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Nevis | $20,000 | Dime to quarter size hail fell from 7:20 PM to 7:26 PM. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | $15,000 | Numerous trees were blown down, also knocking down power lines. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | $5,000 | A large pine tree fell on a lake cabin, damaging the roof and destroying the deck. A van parked next to the cabin was also damaged. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | $500 | Trees were flattened in Nevis. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Nevis | - | Photo of quarter sized hail in Nevis city limits. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Nevis | - | Public relays photo of half dollar sized hail via social media. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | - | Trees were blown down at Shallow Lake. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Nevis | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Akeley | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Chamberlain | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Badoura | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Deer Lane | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Park Estates | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Emmaville | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Park Rapids | 12.0 miles | 10 |
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 Nevis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2073080 | 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 657586. 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.





