Roosevelt, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Roosevelt City. It lies in ZIP code area 56673. The Survey maps it on the Roosevelt quadrangle. 153 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,161 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1918 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
68 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Roosevelt between 1995 and 2020, burning about 571 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roosevelt in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roosevelt | $15,000 | Trees were blown down across roads and a tower was blown over. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roosevelt | $10,000 | A building collapsed in the high wind. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | Public reports hail that was quarter sized or slightly larger in Roosevelt, MN. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | Report of quarter-sized hail relayed via Facebook. |
| August 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Roosevelt | - | A funnel cloud formed and moved eastward for a few minutes. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roosevelt | - | A few five inch diameter tree branches were blown down. Heavy rain also occurred. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Park | 0.0 miles | 9 | |
| Swift | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| North Star Court | 13.5 miles | 10 | |
| Warroad | 13.5 miles | 10 | |
| Longworth | 18.8 miles | 10 | |
| Winner | 23.1 miles | 6 | |
| Enstrom Estates | 25.5 miles | 8 | |
| Salol | 25.5 miles | 8 |
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 Roosevelt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2229403 | 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 650236. 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.






