Ogema, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ogema City. It lies in ZIP code area 56569. The Survey maps it on the Ogema quadrangle. 208 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,270 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOgema grew from 184 to 208 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 | 184 | |
| 2020 | 208 | +24 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Ogema quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lake Itasca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
652 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 652 fires within 5 miles of Ogema between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,758 acres in total. None started naturally. 443 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/incendiarism | 443 |
| Debris and open burning | 126 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | 550FIRE |
| 8 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | BARKSKINS |
| 1 June 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 180 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | CRIB FIRE |
| 9 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | RAIN 2 |
| 9 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | RAIN 3 |
| 9 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | CATTAIL DITCH |
| 9 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | RAIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
37 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ogema in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 19 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ogema | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Flood | Ogema | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Flood | Ogema | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ogema | $1,000 | Tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ogema | $200 | Large branches were blown down. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ogema | $200 | Branches were blown down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ogema | - | Measured gust at NDAWN mesonet station 218411 Ulen, MN. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ogema | - | Measured gust at NDAWN mesonet station 218411 Ulen, MN. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ogema | - | Public reports 3 inch tree limbs broken. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Ogema | - | A spotter reported brief touchdown near Flom. It occurred in open fields, which mitigated any damage. Therefore, the rating of EF-U has been assigned with an estimated path width and length. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ogema | - | Large branches and power lines were blown down along highway 59. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Ogema | - | Hail up to the size of quarters covered the ground, filled ditches, and damaged crops. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ogema | - | Numerous large tree branches were blown down in shelterbelts across Spring Creek and Riceville townships. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Ogema | - | A brief touchdown was reported. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Ogema | - | A tornado briefly touched down in an open field. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Ogema | - | Water flowed over highway 59 and basement flooding was reported. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Ogema | - | Several county roads were washed out. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| October 2005 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Ogema | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Ogema | - | 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.
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 Ogema | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1924316 | 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 648899. 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.




