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Savage, Minnesota

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Savage City. It lies in ZIP code area 55378. It stands on Credit River. The Survey maps it on the Bloomington quadrangle. 32,465 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 722 feet above sea level.

Savage within Scott County

Population over time

2 figures

Savage grew from 26,911 to 32,465 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
201026,911
202032,465+5,554 (+21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

67 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Savage between 1995 and 2020, burning about 727 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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
Recreation and ceremony39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking3
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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
5 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeLOUISVILLE SWAMP
13 August 2004Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeWILKIE 1
13 August 2004Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeBLACK DOG 9
1 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeBLACKDOG 1
6 July 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeWILKIE FOOT BRIDGE
6 July 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeLYNDALE 2
6 July 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeLYNDALE 1
6 July 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeLYNDALE 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Savage: 6 producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite. 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
Cargill Salt PlantHaliteProducer
Burnsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hedberg Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kraemer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Mva Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shiely Savage QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
W G Pearson Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

38 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Savage in 38 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSavage$170,000,000Large hail propelled by strong winds resulted in widespread roof and house damage. Windows at public works blown out. Roof damage to library and schools. Damage estimate for entire county.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSavage-Measured by a trained spotter at the Savage Community Park.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindSavage-A weather sensor had a wind gust of 58 mph near the intersection of Highway 13 and County Road 42. Several small tree limbs also blew down in the area.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSavage-A large tree was uprooted in Savage.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSavage-A local measured wind gust of 58 mph from the Emergency Manager.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSavage-Several trees were blown down near Highway 13 in Savage.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSavage-A localized downburst along the Scott, Dakota county line resulted in a few trees that were blown down.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSavage-A large tree was snapped in half in Savage.
June 2016Heavy RainSavage-A trained weather observer measured 2.82 inches of rain in less than 4 hours near the junction of Highways 13 and 169 in Savage.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSavage-A large tree was blown down on Lynn Ave and 126th Street in Savage.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindSavage-A 12 inch diameter tree was blown down.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindSavage-A large tree was blown down near 144th Street.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSavage-Tree toppled onto house at Lynn Avenue in Savage. Several large trees felled in the northern portion of Savage.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindSavage-Trees down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSavage-A tree was downed in the Woodhill subdivision.
October 2005LightningSavage-Lightning damaged computers, garage door openers, and other small appliances at the Heatherton Ridge Drive residences on the 14000 block of Heatherton Ridge Drive, and an alarm system at the Comfort Inn on Highway 13 was damaged.
June 2001HailSavage-Reported at Hwy. 13 and County Rd. 42.
June 2001HailSavage-Ground turned white with hail in southern Savage.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSavage-Many homes damaged. 7 homes destroyed. Estimated windspeed.
August 1998Tornado (F0)Savage-Trailer blown over. Garage destroyed.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindSavage-Trees blown over.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSavage-no account filed
June 2020HailSavage-no account filed
May 2015HailSavage-no account filed
May 2012HailSavage-no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSavage-no account filed
April 2002HailSavage-no account filed
June 2001HailSavage-no account filed
September 2000HailSavage-no account filed
June 1999Tornado (F0)Savage-no account filed
September 1999HailSavage-no account filed
May 1998HailSavage-no account filed
May 1998HailSavage-no account filed
August 1998Flash FloodSavage-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindSavage-no account filed
July 1997HailSavage-no account filed
September 1997HailSavage-no account filed
September 1993HailSavage-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Port Cargill0.7 miles26
Glendale3.1 miles25
Barden4.0 miles25
Prior Lake6.4 miles12
Grainwood6.7 miles12
Credit River7.6 miles12
Spring Lake8.4 miles12
Shakopee10.2 miles19

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 SavageAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2045683The 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 651242. 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.