Robbinsdale, Minnesota
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Robbinsdale City. It lies in ZIP code area 55422. The Survey maps it on the Minneapolis North quadrangle. 14,646 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 873 feet above sea level.
On record in Robbinsdale
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
Hennepin County Librarylisted 1978- Graeser Roadside Parking Arealisted 2025
Population over time
3 figuresRobbinsdale grew from 1,074 to 14,646 between 1890 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 1,074 | |
| 2010 | 13,953 | |
| 2020 | 14,646 | +693 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1902 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Minneapolis North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Minneapolis North quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Robbinsdale between 1999 and 2012, burning about 77 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 October 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Robbinsdale: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Central Aggregate Pit | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Minn Silica Sand Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Minnesota Silica Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | Sandstone |
Storms near this place
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Robbinsdale in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Robbinsdale | $250,000 | An NWS Survey indicated a brief EF-0 tornado that moved across the City of Crystal, Minnesota. The tornado started near Memory Lane Park, between 43rd and 44th Avenue North and Jersey Avenue North. A large tree was uprooted at this location. This tornado moved eastward between 43rd and 44th Avenue and damaged several large trees, up to 4 feet in diameter, along its path. The tornado lifted near Douglas Drive North. Some roof damage occurred, but the majority of the trees and large limbs fell on power lines, roads, and yards. ||There was also damage on 45th Avenue North, but the damage was consistent with downburst winds and more sporadic. The majority of the damage in the broad area of New Hope, Crystal, North Minneapolis, and Robbinsdale was from downburst winds. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robbinsdale | $250,000 | A large bow echo surged across eastern Hennepin County causing numerous downed trees and power lines. Some of the trees were 12 inches in diameter. There were also several measured reports of severe wind gusts from private weather stations in Hennepin County. One measured wind gust was 58 knots. In addition, the Spirit of the Lakes Festival had shelters and tents blown down. The Spring Park City Hall had a tree blown down. At one point, 33,000 Xcel Energy customers were out of power in Hennepin County. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robbinsdale | $10,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in the city of Crystal. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robbinsdale | - | Thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 mph downed a tree between Crystal and Robbinsdale. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robbinsdale | - | Thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 mph downed blue ash tree onto a two story home just east of Noble Elementary School. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robbinsdale | - | Large trees between 12-24 inches in diameter down. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Robbinsdale | - | There was likely larger hail to the west and north of Robbinsdale as local radar had higher returns in this area. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robbinsdale | - | There was a large swath of downburst, or straight-line wind damage between the City of Crystal (west of Highway 100), eastward to Interstate 94 between Dowling and 49th Avenue North. Some of the trees landed on homes and damaged roofs and cars. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Robbinsdale | - | Local officials closed 42nd Avenue in New Hope due to flooding. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robbinsdale | - | A 10 inch diameter tree was blown down in Robbinsdale. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robbinsdale | - | Several large tree branches were blown down in southern Robbinsdale, near Grimes Pond. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robbinsdale | - | A 12 inch diameter tree was blown down in New Hope. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Robbinsdale | - | Occurred at 36th and Highway 169. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Robbinsdale | - | Quarter sized hail fell at North Memorial Hospital. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Robbinsdale | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Robbinsdale | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Robbinsdale | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Robbinsdale | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Robbinsdale | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Robbinsdale | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Robbinsdale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Golden Valley | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| New Hope | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Brooklyn Center | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Glenwood Junction | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Brooklyn Park | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Mission Farms | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Medicine Lake | 4.8 miles | 25 |
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 Robbinsdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2045704 | 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 650164. 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.










