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Sauk Rapids, Minnesota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sauk Rapids City. It lies in ZIP code area 56379. The Survey maps it on the Saint Cloud quadrangle. 13,862 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.

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Sauk Rapids within Benton County

On record in Sauk Rapids

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

Population over time

2 figures

Sauk Rapids grew from 12,773 to 13,862 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.

YearPeople Change
201012,773
202013,862+1,089 (+9%)

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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Sauk Rapids between 1992 and 2018, burning about 174 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
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
7 June 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 June 2008Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton 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 Sauk Rapids: 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 Benton County

Storms near this place

37 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sauk Rapids in 37 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 19 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2007HailSauk Rapids$3,000,000Hail damaged many houses and vehicles, and area crops. The hail fell when winds were not too strong, so crop damage was limited.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSauk Rapids$1,500,000A severe downburst wind event occurred from Sauk Rapids, north and northeast across a large swath of central and northern Benton County. Hundreds of trees were toppled, broken or pushed over. Many trees landed on houses, sheds and vehicles.
August 2021HailSauk Rapids$100,000Hail damaged siding in Sauk Rapids.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSauk Rapids$40,00060 large trees damaged. Few businesses and homes damaged from wind or falling trees.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindSauk Rapids$17,000Roof partially ripped off and blown 100 feet away.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindSauk Rapids-Large tree limbs were broken.
June 2016Funnel CloudSauk Rapids-Several trained spotters observed funnel clouds from Sauk Rapids, to approximately 5 miles east of Sauk Rapids.
July 2016Heavy RainSauk Rapids-A measured rainfall report of 5.00 inches occurred in Sauk Rapids.
May 2012Heavy RainSauk Rapids-A trained spotter reported 2.50 inches of rainfall in a short period of time.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindSauk Rapids-Several large trees were blown down in Sauk Rapids.
July 2009Heavy RainSauk Rapids-A local weather observer measured three inches of rainfall Tuesday afternoon July 14th. Minor street flooding was reported.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindSauk Rapids-Several trees were felled, including one on a house. Shingles off one home. Portions of a fence near Golden Spike Raceway were damaged.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindSauk Rapids-Tree down across road.
August 2006HailSauk Rapids-Near the intersection of State Highways 10 and 15.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSauk Rapids-A 20-year-old birch tree was downed.
June 2005Funnel CloudSauk Rapids-A funnel cloud was reported by law enforcement near Highway 15.
October 2005Flash FloodSauk Rapids-Street flooding. Rainfall totaled 5.57 inches in Rice.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSauk Rapids-Scattered trees down, including some on power lines.
June 1999HailSauk Rapids-Occurred in portion of city of St. Cloud in Benton county.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSauk Rapids-Damage to door. Estimated windspeed.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindSauk Rapids-Power lines down.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindSauk Rapids-Large tree limbs down. Estimated windspeed.
May 2022HailSauk Rapids-no account filed
June 2022HailSauk Rapids-no account filed
June 2022HailSauk Rapids-no account filed
August 2021HailSauk Rapids-no account filed
July 2019HailSauk Rapids-no account filed
July 2019HailSauk Rapids-no account filed
May 2008HailSauk Rapids-no account filed
August 2007HailSauk Rapids-no account filed
September 2005HailSauk Rapids-no account filed
April 2004HailSauk Rapids-no account filed
April 2004HailSauk Rapids-no account filed
August 2002HailSauk Rapids-no account filed
August 2002HailSauk Rapids-no account filed
September 2002HailSauk Rapids-no account filed
May 1998HailSauk Rapids-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benton 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 Village2.2 miles12
Sherwood Manor2.6 miles12
Watab5.9 miles13
Mayhew8.9 miles11
Popple Creek8.9 miles11
Fruitville9.5 miles11
Rockwood Estates9.7 miles13
Parent9.9 miles11

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 Sauk RapidsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q993515The 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 651235. 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.