Saint Augusta, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in St. Augusta City. It lies in ZIP code area 56301. The Survey maps it on the Saint Augusta quadrangle. 3,497 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresSaint Augusta grew from 3,317 to 3,497 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 | 3,317 | |
| 2020 | 3,497 | +180 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1951 USGS Annandale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS St Augusta quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,371 words on this townshipHistory of Stearns County, Minnesota, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on St. Augusta City covers the township.
Read the chapter on St. Augusta City - 1,371 words.
Fires near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Saint Augusta between 1993 and 2013, burning about 188 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Saint Augusta: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal Gray Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Hardrives Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxemburg | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Lake | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Waite Park | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Cloud | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Riverview Park | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rockville | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Marty | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Fairhaven | 9.5 miles | 10 |
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 Saint Augusta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2674145 | 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 1922765. 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.





