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Nisswa, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Nisswa City. It lies in ZIP code area 56468. The Survey maps it on the Nisswa quadrangle. 1,967 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,230 feet above sea level.

Nisswa within Crow Wing County

On record in Nisswa

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Nisswa fell from 1,971 to 1,967 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
20101,971
20201,967-4 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

182 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Nisswa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 163 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 burning101
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 September 2003Smoking2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 July 2006Debris and open burning1.8 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crow Wing County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Nisswa: 6 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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
Whitney Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 10Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 11Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 16Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 17Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 18Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Nisswa Lake DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Crow Wing County

Storms near this place

27 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nisswa in 27 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail. 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 2025Thunderstorm WindNisswa$10,000Multiple trees were damaged including one that fell on top of a residence.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindNisswa$2,000Trees, 6-12 inches in diameter, were blown down.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindNisswa-Several trees were blown down during the storm.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindNisswa-Small trees and branches were reported down in Nisswa.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindNisswa-Multiple trees were blown down. The largest tree was 20 inches in diameter.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindNisswa-A six inch diameter tree was blown down.
June 2016HailNisswa-The observer estimated wind gusts of 70 mph.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindNisswa-Numerous trees were blown down across the Nisswa area.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNisswa-Many trees were blown down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNisswa-Several 5 to 10 inch poplar trees were broken and laying on the road.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNisswa-Many trees were blown down in Nisswa.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindNisswa-There were several trees blown down. One 12 inch diameter tree snapped and was blocking the road.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindNisswa-Trees and power lines were blown down in the Nisswa area.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNisswa-Trees were blown down on Ojibwa Road.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNisswa-Trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindNisswa-Hundreds of trees were blown down across Crow Wing County. Nine thousand households lost power.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindNisswa-On Roy Lake, a sixty-foot reinforced TV antenna fell on a house. There was also severe damage to a dock and pontoon boat.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindNisswa-Numerous trees were blown down.
September 2019HailNisswa-no account filed
September 2018HailNisswa-no account filed
June 2016HailNisswa-no account filed
June 2016HailNisswa-no account filed
September 2015HailNisswa-no account filed
July 2008HailNisswa-no account filed
May 2006HailNisswa-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindNisswa-no account filed
September 1998HailNisswa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crow Wing 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
Pequot Terrace0.0 miles11
Lake Hubert2.1 miles11
Pequot Lakes5.8 miles11
Legionville6.9 miles15
Merrifield7.2 miles15
Breezy Point7.6 miles12
Jenkins9.0 miles11
Lakewood Court10.2 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 NisswaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2228375The 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 648560. 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.