Sabin, Minnesota
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Elmwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56580. The Survey maps it on the Sabin quadrangle. 619 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 928 feet above sea level.
On record in Sabin
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 1 record
- Wulf C. Krabbenhoft Farmsteadlisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresSabin grew from 522 to 619 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 | 522 | |
| 2020 | 619 | +97 (+19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 24 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.
- 1895 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1897 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:125000, 12 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Sabin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sabin: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benedict Dredge Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Connlley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sabin in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 2010 | Flash Flood | Sabin | $5,000 | Streets flooded in the town of Sabin. In rural areas around Sabin, ditches filled with water and flooded several rural roads. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Sabin | $1,000 | Over 3 inches of rain fell in less than an hour, causing street flooding. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Sabin | $1,000 | Water flowed over several sections of county and township roads in southern and central Harmony township. Numerous farm access roads and fields were flooded. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sabin | $500 | Tree branches were downed by the wind. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Sabin | - | Sabin gage, on the South Buffalo River. Crested at 17.71 ft on April 14th at 13:15. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Sabin | - | Public reports a hailstone 1.5 inches in diameter in Sabin, MN. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sabin | - | Trees blown down, and five power poles were blown over. Trained spotter reports their personal weather station clocked 86 mph as a gust front blew through. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sabin | - | Peak wind measured at an NDAWN station at 3 meters. Rural residents of Elmwood township report some tree branches down. Lots of dust blew through. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sabin | - | Several trees blown down and a highway sign was bent over near the Buffalo River along I-94. Time estimated based on radar and nearby wind sensor reports. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Sabin | - | The hail fell on the south side of Sabin. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sabin | - | The wind gust was measured at the Moorhead airport. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sabin | - | Winds at 43 mph gusting to 61 mph occurred at the Moorhead airport. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sabin | - | Many large trees were blown down with roof damage reported. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sabin | - | Large trees were blown down and the power was out for several hours. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sabin | - | Heavy rainfall was also reported at the same time. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sabin | - | Several three to five inch diameter tree branches were blown down. Brief heavy rain and small hail also accompanied the wind. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sabin | - | Numerous 4 inch diameter tree branches were broken off. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Sabin | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sabin | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Sabin | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Sabin | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Sabin | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Sabin | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Sabin | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Sabin | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sabin | - | 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.
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 Sabin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2228965 | 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 650447. 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.
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.






