Redby, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Lower Red Lake unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 56670. It stands on Mud River. The Survey maps it on the Redby OE N quadrangle. 1,302 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,217 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRedby fell from 1,334 to 1,302 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 | 1,334 | |
| 2020 | 1,302 | -32 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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
- 1976 USGS Blackduck quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5,344 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5,344 fires within 5 miles of Redby between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,906 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1196 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 | 1488 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1476 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1196 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1135 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RL 364 |
| 9 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RED LAKE 472 |
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RED LAKE 471 |
| 8 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RL 363 |
| 8 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RL 382 |
| 7 September 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RL 332 |
| 7 September 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RL 331 |
| 6 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RL 358 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redby in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 5 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Redby | $500,000 | This tornado formed near the shore of Lower Red Lake and tracked to the southeast. It crossed MN HWY 1 near the intersection with BIA15 and penetrated deeply into a large evergreen and oak forest. Trees were snapped and debris was tangled, though most debris tracked with the southeast moving storm. The tornado appeared to have dissipated around 522 PM CDT, after crossing BIA18, roughly 6 miles ESE of Redby. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redby | $2,000 | Trees were blown down along highway 1. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Redby | - | Hail up to tennis ball sized, as well as downburst winds of near 70 mph impacted the areas between the Communities of Red Lake and Redby, as well as the Tribal lands immediately south and southeast of these Communities. Widespread shingle and roofing damage was evident, along with home and vehicle windows shattered. Several large tree limbs blown down and large trees snapped. |
| September 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Redby | - | A waterspout-type tornado formed over the southeast corner of the Lower Red Lake, staying mainly over open water. Peak winds were estimated at 65 mph. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Redby | - | A waterspout formed over Lower Red Lake for about 30 seconds. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Redby | - | A brief waterspout was reported over Lower Red Lake. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Redby | - | A brief touchdown was reported by the public. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Redby | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Lake | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Nebish | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Island Lake | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Ponemah | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Little Rock | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| Quiring | 11.3 miles | 9 | |
| Puposky | 13.9 miles | 9 | |
| Saum | 14.2 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 Redby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3316327 | 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 649888. 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.



