Ranier, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Rainy Lake unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 56668. The Survey maps it on the Ranier quadrangle. 569 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level.
On record in Ranier
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 3 records
Finstad's Auto Marine Shoplisted 1983- Ernest C. Oberholtzer Rainy Lake Islands Historic Districtlisted 2000
- Ranier Community Buildinglisted 2018
Population over time
2 figuresRanier grew from 145 to 569 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 | 145 | |
| 2020 | 569 | +424 (+292%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1919 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Ranier quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Ranier quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Ranier quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
48 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Ranier between 1992 and 2019, burning about 96 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Ranier: 9 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranier Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Boise Cascade Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| County Pit No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| International Falls Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kolinski Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oveson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Peterson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ranier Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ranier Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ranier in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2007 | Hail | Ranier | - | Quarter-sized hail. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Ranier | - | The hail fell for 10 minutes. |
| August 1995 | Hail | Ranier | - | Numerous reports of broken windshields and glass. Sheetmetal and fiberglass damage to light buildings. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Ranier | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Ranier | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Ranier | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Ranier | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ranier | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Ranier | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falls Junction | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Jameson | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| South International Falls | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| International Falls | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Spring Lodge Resort and Marina | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Thunderbird Resort | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Ericsburg | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Nakoda | 8.9 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 Ranier | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2229260 | 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 657979. 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.







