Osakis, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Osakis City. It lies in ZIP code area 56360. The Survey maps it on the Osakis quadrangle. 1,771 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,355 feet above sea level.
On record in Osakis
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 1 record
John B. Johnson Houselisted 1977
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.
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Osakis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Minnewaska quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Osakis between 1992 and 2014, burning about 82 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | TENHOFF |
| 3 May 1997 | Smoking | 25 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osakis in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osakis | $5,000 | Several power poles were tipped sideways and walls were blown out in a large steel shed. |
| July 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Osakis | - | Video and photos of a funnel over Lake Osakis were provided. It was not possible to determine if there was any ground contact. The time was estimated based on radar. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Osakis | - | This tornado mostly moved over a soybean field, but did clip a grove of trees. Video of the tornado was filmed by a storm chaser. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osakis | - | A power line was blown down near Osakis. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osakis | - | A power line was blown down near County Road 3, and Bird Lake Road. |
| May 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Osakis | - | A storm chaser observed a funnel cloud west of West Union. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Osakis | - | The last tornado in a series touched down in an open field. It was recorded on video by multiple storm chasers. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Osakis | - | Trained spotters observed numerous nickel size hail stones around the Osakis, Minnesota area. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Osakis | - | Dime sized hail fell at the Interstate 94 exit to Osakis. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osakis | - | Trees were downed onto power lines at the intersection of Highway 27 and County Road 3. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osakis | - | Several trees down. The wind also demolished a trailer house. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osakis | - | Two trees damaged. Wind estimated. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Osakis | - | Hail piled up in small drifts. Gardens and crops damaged by wind driven hail. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Osakis | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Osakis | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Osakis | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Osakis | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Osakis | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Osakis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Belle River | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Carlos | 10.4 miles | 11 | |
| Hiview Park | 10.5 miles | 11 | |
| Forada | 11.9 miles | 10 | |
| Alexandria | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| Miltona | 14.3 miles | 9 | |
| Rose City | 14.5 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 Osakis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1004353 | 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 649011. 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.




