Remer, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Remer City. It lies in ZIP code area 56672. The Survey maps it on the Remer quadrangle. 391 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,342 feet above sea level.
On record in Remer
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 2 records
Soo Line Depotlisted 1980- United States Forest Service, Remer District Ranger Stationlisted 2023
Population over time
2 figuresRemer grew from 370 to 391 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 | 370 | |
| 2020 | 391 | +21 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Remer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Pokegama Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Remer quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Remer between 1992 and 2018, burning about 430 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | 7123 |
| 6 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | HUB |
| 4 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | BIRCH LAKE 2 |
| 3 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Chippewa National Forest | not named |
| 17 June 1995 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | LOON LAKE |
| 1 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Chippewa National Forest | SPARKLER FIRE |
| 4 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Chippewa National Forest | GERMAN SHEPARD |
| 25 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | KNIGHTS LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Remer: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorum Marl Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Marl |
Storms near this place
27 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Remer in 27 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 tornado. 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 | Remer | - | Photos were received showing large trees snapped at the base with several down on power lines. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | Trees were blown down onto a cabin and a car at the Balsam Bay Resort. |
| August 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Remer | - | The tornado damage path began 1.7 miles north-northwest of Remer, MN. The tornado took a path through a rural, forested area, but narrowly missed the town of Remer. The damage was initially EF-0, but EF-1 damage was observed starting near Birch Lake to the county border between Cass and Aitkin Counties. The damage was mainly to trees. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | One large tree was brought down. |
| September 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | Many trees were blown down. In addition to the wind, three-quarter inch diameter hail fell. |
| September 2008 | Hail | Remer | - | Penny size hail covered the ground. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | A large number of trees were blown down near Mable Lake on Highway 200. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | A few eight inch diameter trees were blown down. More trees and an aluminum screen house was destroyed five miles northwest of Remer. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | Six inch diameter trees were blown down on State Highway 6. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | Trees were blown down and windows were broken. Wind speed is estimated. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Remer | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Remer | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Remer | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Remer | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Remer | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Remer | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Remer | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobique | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Elevenmile Corner | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Inguadona | 12.4 miles | 10 | |
| Boy River | 13.4 miles | 9 | |
| Days High Landing | 14.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mae | 15.7 miles | 6 | |
| Outing | 16.3 miles | 6 | |
| Longville | 16.4 miles | 10 |
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 Remer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2228411 | 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 658015. 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.






