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Scandia, Minnesota

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Scandia City. It lies in ZIP code area 55073. The Survey maps it on the Scandia quadrangle. 3,984 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 876 feet above sea level.

Scandia within Washington County

On record in Scandia

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

Scandia grew from 3,936 to 3,984 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
20103,936
20203,984+48 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Scandia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 1 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources209
16 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSaint Croix National Scenic RiverSOMERSET
11 June 2012Naturalunder an acreSaint Croix National Scenic RiverWATERFALL FIRE
1 June 2009Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2018Other causes14 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 May 2009Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 May 2019Debris and open burning20 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Scandia: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
John Gomulak Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lindgren Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ridge Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Scandia Crushing & Wash PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scandia in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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
July 2019Tornado (EF1)Scandia$1,500,000An EF1 tornado spun up on the southwest side of Sylvan Lake and continued northeast in a broken path through Bone Lake, and moved into Chisago County on 240th Street North, east of Morgan Avenue. The path length was approximately 4.4 miles across Washington County, with a maximum width of 440 yards. The worst damage occurred on Bone Lake where numerous large trees were uprooted or blown down. Some roof damage was noted, but most of the trees fell away from homes. Other damage along the path was associated with flattened corn, tree damage, a storage shed that had its roof blown off, and damage to a solar panel farm.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindScandia-A storm survey in Scandia, together with reports from Public Works, noted dozens of trees scattered across the entire city of Scandia. Most of the downed trees were in the northern portion of the city, from Kirk Ave N to Parrish Rd.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindScandia-A few dozen trees were felled from rear flank downdraft winds in the wake of the dissipation of the Forest Lake tornado.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindScandia-Several large trees damaged, including one 40 foot evergreen tree uprooted. Minor roof damage also incurred to barn. Damage occurred on Highway 97 approximately 2 miles West of Hwy. 95.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindScandia-Few trees down, including one which broke a window.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindScandia-Trees and power lines down. This was the last event in Minnesota associated with this supercell, but it did continue into west central Wisconsin, producing large hail and wind damage as far as 4 SE Deer Park (St. Croix County). This storm spawned one tornado and two funnel clouds in Minnesota (in Isanti, Anoka and Chisago Counties).
June 1998Thunderstorm WindScandia-Large trees blown down. Other damage reported in Forest Lake. Estimated windspeed.
July 2020HailScandia-no account filed
July 2020HailScandia-no account filed
June 2015HailScandia-no account filed
May 2008HailScandia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Otisville2.2 miles17
Copas2.5 miles17
Marine on St. Croix4.2 miles17
Maple Island6.1 miles17
Carnelian Junction9.0 miles22
Arcola9.2 miles22
Forest Lake9.7 miles14
Withrow10.2 miles21

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 ScandiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2463967The 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 651258. 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.