Rogers, Minnesota
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Rogers City. It lies in ZIP code area 55374. The Survey maps it on the Rogers quadrangle. 13,295 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresRogers grew from 190 to 13,295 between 1920 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 190 | |
| 2010 | 8,597 | |
| 2020 | 13,295 | +4,698 (+55%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1909 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Rogers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Rogers between 2000 and 2016, burning about 88 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2016 | Other causes | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.6 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.2 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 November 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Rogers: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barthel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rogers in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 13 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2006 | Tornado (F2) | Rogers | 1 killed, $30,000,000 | A tornado touched down on the western edge of Sylvan Lake and moved quickly northeast. It produced F0 damage to some farms and rural residences in Hassan Township before strengthening and entering the northwest corner of Rogers. It gained F2 status briefly as it moved through a residential neighborhood in Rogers, where it took the life of a 10 year old girl in a home. A home weather station 2/3 mile southeast of the tornado at this point measured 65 mph inflow winds. The tornado crossed Interstate 94 and entered another neighborhood, where F1 damage was produced. One house with significant damage had a home weather station in the back yard. Once the data were retrieved, its peak gust was found to have reached 105 mph. The tornado then moved into the northern tip of Dayton, alternating between F0 and F1 damage, then exited Hennepin County, crossed the Mississippi River and entered the city of Ramsey in Anoka County (see separate entry). The maximum width in Hennepin County was 100 yards, although its maximum width in Anoka County was only 25 yards. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | $2,000,000 | A storm survey revealed that damaging straight line winds caused sporadic tree damage and a six mile long string of transmission lines to be destroyed. The worst damage was concentrated in the southern part of the Crow-Hassan County Park, north of County Road 109. ||Due to the downed high voltage lines, multiple roads were closed including |Hennepin County Road 116 near Fletcher, Hennepin County Rd 101 near Brockton, Bechtold Road, Park Drive, Trailhaven Road and Valley Drive. At one point there was no way to go south through the City of Rogers via any city street or county road. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Rogers | - | Quarter sized hail was observed just northeast of I-94 and Highway 101 near Rogers. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | - | A semi was blown over at Highway 101 and County Road 39. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | - | Several large tree limbs were severed near Rogers. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | - | Several power lines were blown down. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Rogers | - | Occurred along I-94. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Rogers | - | Occurred near Interstate 94 and Highway 101. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | - | Once power was restored several hours later, it was found that 65 mph wind was measured on a home weather station. This wind was due to strong southeast inflow blowing in toward the tornado 2/3 mile to the northwest. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Rogers | - | Smaller sized hail occurred for 10 minutes. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Rogers | - | Hail occurred at I-94 Rogers exit. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Rogers | - | An insurance adjuster estimated 400 homes and 75 townhomes were damaged by hail as large as baseballs. Many windows were broken. Numerous businesses had roof and heating/cooling units damaged. See Hennepin County thunderstorm wind report for property damage total. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Rogers | - | Dime sized hail fell for 5 minutes. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Rogers | - | County wide flooding observed with 5 to 10 inches reported in western and northern sections of Hennepin. The maximum amount of rain (10 inches), was recorded in Rogers, and in Hassen Township. A house along the South side of the Crow River was surrounded by water. A storage barn on the property, which contained classic automobiles, was swamped with two feet of water. Many basements and streets were also flooded in Maple Grove, Rogers, Plymoth, and Champlin. The intersection of Highway 100 and France Avenue in Brooklyn Center was also closed. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | - | Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Rogers | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Rogers | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Rogers | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Rogers | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Rogers | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Rogers | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Rogers | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Berning Mill | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Dayton | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Burschville | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Corcoran | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Dupont | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Champlin | 8.2 miles | 19 | |
| Leighton | 9.2 miles | 15 |
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 Rogers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1924299 | 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 650221. 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.









