Saint Cloud, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in St. Cloud City. It lies in ZIP code area 56303. The Survey maps it on the Saint Cloud quadrangle. 68,881 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.
On record in Saint Cloud
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 within a mile 11 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Stearns County Courthouse and Jaillisted 1982 · 0.0 miles away
Carter Blocklisted 1986 · 0.2 miles away
First National Banklisted 1982 · 0.2 miles away
St. Cloud Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1998 · 0.2 miles away
Fifth Avenue Commercial Buildingslisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
Michael Majerus Houselisted 1978 · 0.4 miles away
Bishop's House/Chancery Officelisted 1982 · 0.5 miles away
John N. Bensen Houselisted 1982 · 0.5 miles away
Nehemiah P. Clarke Houselisted 1982 · 0.5 miles away
Foley-Brower-Bohmer Houselisted 1978 · 0.5 miles away
Model Schoollisted 1988 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1950 USGS St. Cloud quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS St Cloud quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS St. Cloud quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS St. Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
4,619 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. Cloud City covers the township.
Read the chapter on St. Cloud City - 4,619 words.
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Saint Cloud between 1992 and 2018, burning about 242 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Saint Cloud: 7 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | ||
| J L Shiely Co Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Granite City S and G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Granite City Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hardrives Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Killinger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utz Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waite Park | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Riverview Park | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hi-Vue Park | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Evergreen Village | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sartell | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Five Points | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Augusta | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Lake | 7.9 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 Saint Cloud | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q736834 | 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 650559. 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.






