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New Brighton, Minnesota

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in New Brighton City. It lies in ZIP code area 55112. The Survey maps it on the New Brighton quadrangle. 23,454 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 879 feet above sea level.

New Brighton within Ramsey County

On record in New Brighton

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

Population over time

2 figures

New Brighton grew from 21,456 to 23,454 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
201021,456
202023,454+1,998 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of New Brighton between 1998 and 2019, burning about 73 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
5 June 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2000Smoking1.2 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2000Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.9 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.4 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ramsey County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of New Brighton: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, 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
Arsenal Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Minn Silica Sand PitSilicaPast Producer
Minnesota Silica Sand PitSilicaProducerSandstone

Every working recorded in Ramsey County

Storms near this place

15 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Brighton in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 12 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2015HailNew Brighton-Several reports of large hail occurred near the intersection of Interstate 35 and 694. The largest hail stone was quarter size.
July 2011HailNew Brighton-Quarter size hail fell west of Interstate 35W, on 7th Street NW.
August 2011Flash FloodNew Brighton-The ramp for the westbound traffic of 694, to northbound 35W was closed due to flooding.
July 2009HailNew Brighton-Several trained spotters and local officials reported a nearly continuous path of penny to quarter size hail stones from approximately three miles southeast of the Anoka County Airport, to the east of Shoreview.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindNew Brighton-A storm survey determined that straight line winds caused a few trees to be blown down in Long Lake Park.
June 2005HailNew Brighton-Penny sized hail fell near Highview School.
June 2005HailNew Brighton-Penny sized hail fell just north of old Highway 8 and County Road D.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindNew Brighton-Roof damage to lumber building near I-694 and 35W.
August 2016HailNew Brighton-no account filed
September 2007HailNew Brighton-no account filed
May 2004HailNew Brighton-no account filed
May 2002HailNew Brighton-no account filed
May 2002HailNew Brighton-no account filed
August 2002HailNew Brighton-no account filed
July 1995HailNew Brighton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ramsey 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
Arden Hills2.6 miles22
Mounds View2.7 miles22
Shoreview3.0 miles22
Lauderdale4.6 miles28
Roseville4.8 miles22
Cardigan Junction5.0 miles22
Falcon Heights5.4 miles28
Little Canada6.6 miles22

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 New BrightonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1986542The 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 648506. 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.