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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.

Remer within Cass County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Remer 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.

YearPeople Change
2010370
2020391+21 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

52 since 1992

Regional 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChippewa National Forest7123
6 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChippewa National ForestHUB
4 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreChippewa National ForestBIRCH LAKE 2
3 June 1992Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresChippewa National Forestnot named
17 June 1995Natural7.0 acresChippewa National ForestLOON LAKE
1 June 2002Debris and open burning1.5 acresChippewa National ForestSPARKLER FIRE
4 May 1996Debris and open burning20 acresChippewa National ForestGERMAN SHEPARD
25 May 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreChippewa National ForestKNIGHTS LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sorum Marl PitLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerMarl

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

27 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRemer-Photos were received showing large trees snapped at the base with several down on power lines.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRemer-Trees were blown down onto a cabin and a car at the Balsam Bay Resort.
August 2013Tornado (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 2012Thunderstorm WindRemer-One large tree was brought down.
September 2008Thunderstorm WindRemer-Many trees were blown down. In addition to the wind, three-quarter inch diameter hail fell.
September 2008HailRemer-Penny size hail covered the ground.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRemer-A large number of trees were blown down near Mable Lake on Highway 200.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindRemer-Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindRemer-A few eight inch diameter trees were blown down. More trees and an aluminum screen house was destroyed five miles northwest of Remer.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRemer-Six inch diameter trees were blown down on State Highway 6.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindRemer-Trees were blown down and windows were broken. Wind speed is estimated.
May 2024HailRemer-no account filed
June 2019HailRemer-no account filed
July 2008HailRemer-no account filed
July 2003HailRemer-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindRemer-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRemer-no account filed
August 2001HailRemer-no account filed
August 2000HailRemer-no account filed
August 2000HailRemer-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindRemer-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindRemer-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindRemer-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindRemer-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindRemer-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindRemer-no account filed
October 1997Thunderstorm WindRemer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Tobique7.7 miles11
Elevenmile Corner9.9 miles10
Inguadona12.4 miles10
Boy River13.4 miles9
Days High Landing14.7 miles9
Mae15.7 miles6
Outing16.3 miles6
Longville16.4 miles10

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 RemerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2228411The 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.