Nowthen, Minnesota
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Nowthen City. It lies in ZIP code area 55303. The Survey maps it on the Nowthen quadrangle. 4,536 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 925 feet above sea level.
On record in Nowthen
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Sparre Barnlisted 1980 · 0.5 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresNowthen grew from 4,443 to 4,536 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 | 4,443 | |
| 2020 | 4,536 | +93 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1916 USGS St. Francis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1919 USGS St. Francis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Nowthen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Nowthen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 447 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Nowthen: 8 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barsody Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Barton Pit No 715 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Elk River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Elk River Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kreger Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Malstrom Pit No 726 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plaisted Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Preussers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nowthen in 8 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowthen | 1 hurt, $500,000 | A large area of western Anoka County received damage from severe straight line winds that moved from west to east across the area between 1830 to 1850 CST. Damage included power lines, railroad crossing gates, personal property and trees. One injury occurred as a parade and other activities were happening during the onset of the storm near Coon Rapids. The main damage occurred from near Nowthen, east and southeast to Oak Grove, Coon Rapids, Anoka, Fridley, and Spring Lake Park. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowthen | - | Several dozen trees were uprooted or broken, with some landing on fences and houses. A damage survey indicated a classic microburst pattern. Time based on radar and a citizen time stamp on a photo. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowthen | - | Many trees were toppled, with some across roads from Nowthen to East Bethel. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowthen | - | A large tree blew down at the intersection of Armstrong Blvd NW and 173rd Ave NW in Ramsey, Minnesota. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowthen | - | Several trees were blown down east of Elk River, Minnesota. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowthen | - | A hoop greenhouse building and the trees and shrubs inside the structure were damaged at a nursery. The time was estimated. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Nowthen | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Nowthen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsey | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Itasca Village (historical) | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Francis | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Grove | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Woodlyn Court | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Cedar | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| Anoka | 10.0 miles | 19 | |
| Constance | 11.0 miles | 16 |
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 Nowthen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2223853 | 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 648768. 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.









