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Sartell, Minnesota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sartell City. It lies in ZIP code area 56377. It stands on Watab River. The Survey maps it on the Saint Cloud quadrangle. 19,351 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.

Sartell within Stearns County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Sartell between 1992 and 2019, burning about 112 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 August 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 August 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 July 2007Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 July 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stearns County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sartell: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
J L Shiely Co Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Killinger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Stearns County

Storms near this place

44 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sartell in 44 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 26 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 20 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2007HailSartell20 hurt, $7,000,000More then a thousand vehicles and many homes in Sartell were damaged by the storm. Hail measured by trained spotter. All injuries were minor. The hail fell when winds were not too strong, so crop damage in the area was limited.
May 2012HailSartell$20,000Several reports of large hail occurred around Sartell, Minnesota. The largest hailstone was hen egg size. In addition, some cars had hail damage.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSartell-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 58 mph downed a tree in a residential area.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindSartell-Large branches were down in Sartell.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindSartell-There were multiple large trees uprooted around Sartell High School.
June 2022Heavy RainSartell-Storm total from overnight thunderstorms 4.09 inches.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindSartell-Several large tree limbs were blown down near Sartell.
July 2016Heavy RainSartell-A measured rainfall report of 5.50 inches occurred near Sartell.
July 2016HailSartell-There were several reports of nickel size hail around Sartell.
May 2012HailSartell-There were several reports of nickel, and up to golf ball size hail around Sartell, Minnesota.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSartell-A few large tree limbs were blown down.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindSartell-A local spotter measured a 54 knot wind gust.
September 2010HailSartell-Several local spotters reported hail up to the size of golf balls around St. Cloud, Minnesota.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindSartell-Multiple 1.5 to 2 foot trees down, along with many branches. The worst area for downed trees and branches occurred along Riverside Avenue North. A thirty by four foot section of the Abbott Northwestern Hospital was blown off.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindSartell-Ten to twelve inch diameter trees felled.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindSartell-Sixty foot tree was toppled.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Sartell-A trained spotter saw a tornado briefly touch down in an open field. It kicked up dirt before lifting a short time later.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindSartell-Trees and power lines were downed. A camper trailer was blown onto its side.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSartell-Several 8 to 10 inch diameter branches down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindSartell-Numerous trees down, including some that were 15 inches in diameter. Several trees were toppled across County Road 2 and at the intersection of County roads 2 and 4. Some trees fell onto sheds.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindSartell-Several trees felled.
July 2024HailSartell-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindSartell-no account filed
May 2022HailSartell-no account filed
May 2022HailSartell-no account filed
August 2021HailSartell-no account filed
June 2020HailSartell-no account filed
June 2020HailSartell-no account filed
July 2019HailSartell-no account filed
July 2019HailSartell-no account filed
September 2017HailSartell-no account filed
May 2012HailSartell-no account filed
May 2012HailSartell-no account filed
July 2011HailSartell-no account filed
July 2011HailSartell-no account filed
June 2007HailSartell-no account filed
April 2007HailSartell-no account filed
June 2007HailSartell-no account filed
June 2005HailSartell-no account filed
April 2004HailSartell-no account filed
June 2002Funnel CloudSartell-no account filed
August 2002HailSartell-no account filed
August 2001HailSartell-no account filed
May 1998HailSartell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stearns County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Evergreen Village0.0 miles12
Hi-Vue Park0.5 miles12
Five Points3.0 miles12
Riverview Park4.2 miles12
Waite Park4.5 miles12
Saint Cloud4.8 miles12
Saint Stephen6.6 miles9
Saint Joseph7.1 miles12

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 SartellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1911131The 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 651225. 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.