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Sebeka, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sebeka City. It lies in ZIP code area 56477. It stands on Hay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sebeka quadrangle. 741 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,385 feet above sea level.

Sebeka within Wadena County

Population over time

2 figures

Sebeka grew from 711 to 741 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
2010711
2020741+30 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Sebeka between 1992 and 2020, burning about 425 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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 burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use15 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 August 2003Debris and open burning1.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wadena County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sebeka: 1 producer. All of them 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
Menahga Concrete PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wadena County

Storms near this place

43 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sebeka in 43 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 26 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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
October 1996Tornado (F2)Sebeka$750,000This tornado followed a path along Highway 71 and passed through the west side of Sebeka. One car dealership reported approximately 40 vehicles damaged, at a loss of $250,000. Numerous farm buildings and businesses were also damaged.
July 2010HailSebeka$100,000Hail ranging from 2 to 4 inch diameter fell in an area between Sebeka and Blue Grass. Hail punched large holes through a steel shop roof and broke out several windows.
May 2012FloodSebeka$5,000no account filed
July 2011Flash FloodSebeka$3,000Heavy rainfall of two to five inches on top of previously saturated soils produced excessive runoff into the Redeye River drainage. Localized flooding occurred near the river through portions of Redeye and Rockwood townships.
July 2016Flash FloodSebeka$2,000Fields and access roads were flooded in Red Eye and northern Rockwood townships. Cat and Kitten creeks and the Red Eye River were full and still rising.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindSebeka$2,000Trees were blown down in Sebeka.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSebeka-The wind gust was estimated.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSebeka-A second blast of wind hit, breaking down several branches in a yard.
June 2020HailSebeka-Very heavy rain, strong winds, and large hail fell.
July 2016Funnel CloudSebeka-The funnel and rotation were observed between Sebeka and Nimrod.
September 2014FloodSebeka-Widespread heavy rain fell through the early morning and produced a large area of standing water, which flooded ditches and fields across portions of southern Red Eye, Rockwood, and North Germany townships.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSebeka-Two eight inch diameter trees were blown down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSebeka-Power lines, one tree, and multiple tree branches were blown down.
July 2012Funnel CloudSebeka-A persistent funnel cloud was reported my multiple sources as extending from the backside of a storm cloud.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSebeka-Downburst winds of from 50 to 60 mph occurred ahead of and concurrent with a squall line.
July 2009Heavy RainSebeka-Approximately 2.32 inches of rain fell between noon and 4 pm CST.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindSebeka-Several trees were blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSebeka-Large trees were blown down across U.S. Highway 71.
July 2019HailSebeka-no account filed
July 2019HailSebeka-no account filed
July 2019HailSebeka-no account filed
May 2018HailSebeka-no account filed
May 2018HailSebeka-no account filed
August 2018HailSebeka-no account filed
June 2014HailSebeka-no account filed
July 2013HailSebeka-no account filed
July 2010HailSebeka-no account filed
June 2009HailSebeka-no account filed
June 2006HailSebeka-no account filed
March 2004HailSebeka-no account filed
May 2003HailSebeka-no account filed
May 2003HailSebeka-no account filed
May 2003HailSebeka-no account filed
July 2003HailSebeka-no account filed
July 2003HailSebeka-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSebeka-no account filed
July 2003HailSebeka-no account filed
August 2002HailSebeka-no account filed
June 2001HailSebeka-no account filed
August 2000HailSebeka-no account filed
August 1999HailSebeka-no account filed
September 1998HailSebeka-no account filed
July 1998HailSebeka-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wadena 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
Blue Grass7.3 miles9
Menahga8.6 miles10
Nimrod11.0 miles8
Wadena13.2 miles9
Huntersville14.5 miles8
Oylen15.9 miles8
Verndale16.5 miles9
Aldrich19.3 miles9

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 SebekaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1924929The 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 651815. 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.