New York Mills, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Newton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56567. The Survey maps it on the New York Mills West quadrangle. 1,294 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,411 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNew York Mills grew from 1,199 to 1,294 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 | 1,199 | |
| 2020 | 1,294 | +95 (+8%) |
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
- 1969 USGS New York Mills West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Detroit Lakes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
21 words on this townshipOtter Tail County, Minnesota, in the World War;, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Newton Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Newton Township - 21 words.
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of New York Mills between 1993 and 2019, burning about 205 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 33 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 1994 | Natural | 3.4 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | HEINOLA |
| 13 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge | CR 26 |
| 28 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 42 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
49 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New York Mills in 49 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 24 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | $4,000,000 | The strong winds hit New York Mills quite hard. 1,600 customers in the area lost power, with 50 power poles snapped in half. The city garage lost parts of its roof, as did the school gym and the school storage shed. A garage in the town was ripped in two, sending a portion of the roof into two vehicles parked two lots away. Numerous trees and signs were blown down. |
| July 2014 | Flood | New York Mills | $25,000 | Water covered county road 67 near county roads 142 and 54. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | $10,000 | A large tree split in two, one half falling on a car and the other half falling on a house. |
| September 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | New York Mills | $3,000 | A tornado wrapped in downburst winds and heavy rain tracked intermittently for about two miles across east central Newton Township. The tornado knocked down numerous trees and large tree branches, broke a few power poles, and overturned a hayrack along its route. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | New York Mills | $1,000 | A flooded basement was reported. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | $1,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | - | Several big trees blown down. Several cattle sheds blown down. A semi-trailer was blown over on highway 10 in similar area. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | - | Relayed via broadcast media from public. Time estimated from radar. Wind damage near New York Mills. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | - | Peak wind measured at a personal weather station. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | - | Large tree branches were snapped and power outages were reported. Time based on radar. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | - | Multiple wind gusts during this time frame were measured by a personal weather station. |
| July 2020 | Hail | New York Mills | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell along with very heavy rain. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | - | Tree damage was reported throughout town. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | - | Several trees were snapped. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | - | Numerous large tree branches were blown down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | - | Large trees were blown down. |
| May 2011 | Hail | New York Mills | - | Pea to penny sized hail was reported. |
| July 2010 | Hail | New York Mills | - | Also large tree branches of 4-6 inch diameter were broken off. |
| July 2009 | Heavy Rain | New York Mills | - | Approximately 3.47 inches of rain fell in three separate events between noon and 4 pm CST. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | - | Many large trees were uprooted or snapped off by the strong wind. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | - | 2 inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | - | A barn was pushed off its foundation and a horse was injured. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | - | Numerous large trees were blown down or uprooted. Trees fell on cars and homes. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | - | Steel roofing was torn off a pole barn. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | New York Mills | - | Flooding ditches caused some basement flooding. |
| July 2000 | Hail | New York Mills | - | When the hail hit the Rush Lake area, lake residents reported that the lake looked like it was boiling. |
| July 2000 | Hail | New York Mills | - | The hailstones damaged the steel siding on a home and barn, smashed up 2 cars, and damaged a roof. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | New York Mills | - | Nearly four inches of rain fell across the New York Mills area, causing several streets to be barricaded. |
| September 1998 | Hail | New York Mills | - | Some hail was still on the ground the next morning. |
| October 1996 | Hail | New York Mills | - | An unusual outbreak of severe weather, the latest on record, occurred across north central Minnesota. Intense low pressure tracking into Minnesota produced blizzard conditions over portions of South Dakota, while further east in Minnesota, unseasonably mild temperatures developed. Temperatures climbed near 70 with dew points in the 50s. |
| June 2022 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Funnel Cloud | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | New York Mills | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | New York Mills | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heinola | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Topelius (historical) | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Richdale | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Davies | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bluffton | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| West Wind Estates | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Leaf City (historical) | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Deer Creek | 9.2 miles | 9 |
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 York Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2228091 | 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 648524. 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.





