Shevlin, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Shevlin City. It lies in ZIP code area 56676. The Survey maps it on the Shevlin quadrangle. 137 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,453 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresShevlin fell from 176 to 137 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 176 | |
| 2020 | 137 | -39 (-22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1943 USGS Bagley quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Shevlin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fosston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Shevlin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 392 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Shevlin: 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater County Marl Beds No 1 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Clearwater County Marl Beds No 2 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Gesell East Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gesell No 2 East Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pawek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shevlin in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Hail | Shevlin | $20,000 | The hail continued for about four minutes, or from 7:37 PM to 7:41 PM. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Shevlin | $2,000 | Fields and farm access roads were flooded across southeast Copley and southern Shevlin townships. Street flooding was reported in Shevlin. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shevlin | - | Multiple trees down and broken tree branches in Shelvin, MN. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Shevlin | - | Public reports quarter sized hail in Shevlin. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shevlin | - | Numerous pine trees were broken down around the area. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shevlin | - | Trees were blown down by the strong winds. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shevlin | - | Several trees were blown down and a trampoline was blown across a yard. The area was without power for 4 hours. |
| August 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Shevlin | - | A brief touchdown knocked down a few trees in a yard. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Shevlin | - | Brief touchdowns were reported. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Shevlin | - | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Hail | Shevlin | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Shevlin | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Shevlin | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Shevlin | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Shevlin | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bagley | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Leonard | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Alida | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Minerva | 12.9 miles | 10 | |
| Coffee Pot Landing | 13.1 miles | 9 | |
| Clearbrook | 14.4 miles | 10 | |
| Ebro | 14.6 miles | 9 | |
| Mallard (historical) | 15.1 miles | 10 |
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 Shevlin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2227586 | The 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 659763. 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.





