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.
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
Grand View Lodgelisted 1980- Minnewawa Lodgelisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresNisswa 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,971 | |
| 2020 | 1,967 | -4 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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
- 1959 USGS Nisswa quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Pine River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
182 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 101 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2003 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 10 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 11 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 16 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 17 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Crow Wing County Marl Beds No 18 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Nisswa Lake Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
27 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | $10,000 | Multiple trees were damaged including one that fell on top of a residence. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | $2,000 | Trees, 6-12 inches in diameter, were blown down. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Several trees were blown down during the storm. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Small trees and branches were reported down in Nisswa. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Multiple trees were blown down. The largest tree was 20 inches in diameter. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | A six inch diameter tree was blown down. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Nisswa | - | The observer estimated wind gusts of 70 mph. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Numerous trees were blown down across the Nisswa area. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Many trees were blown down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Several 5 to 10 inch poplar trees were broken and laying on the road. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Many trees were blown down in Nisswa. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | There were several trees blown down. One 12 inch diameter tree snapped and was blocking the road. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Trees and power lines were blown down in the Nisswa area. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Trees were blown down on Ojibwa Road. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Hundreds of trees were blown down across Crow Wing County. Nine thousand households lost power. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Nisswa | - | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Hail | Nisswa | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Nisswa | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Nisswa | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Nisswa | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Nisswa | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Nisswa | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nisswa | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Nisswa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pequot Terrace | 0.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lake Hubert | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pequot Lakes | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Legionville | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Merrifield | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Breezy Point | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Jenkins | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lakewood Court | 10.2 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 Nisswa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2228375 | 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 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.





