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Starbuck, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in White Bear Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56381. The Survey maps it on the Starbuck quadrangle. 1,365 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,171 feet above sea level.

Starbuck within Pope County

On record in Starbuck

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Starbuck grew from 1,302 to 1,365 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
20101,302
20201,365+63 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Starbuck between 2010 and 2012, burning about 69 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
31 March 2010Debris and open burning15 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresMorris National Wildlife RefugeMINNEWASKA SOUTH
19 November 2012Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresMorris National Wildlife RefugeCR24

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope 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 Starbuck: 2 producers. 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
Schmidgall Starbuck PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Starbuck Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pope County

Storms near this place

48 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Starbuck in 48 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 3 tornado, 2 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2003Thunderstorm WindStarbuck2 hurtGust measured by MNDOT Road Weather System 9 S Starbuck. Hundreds of trees were snapped or downed at Glacial Lakes State Park, which was nearly full of campers for the holiday weekend. Falling trees caused minor injuries to two campers. Nearby, five barns were downed and several empty grain bins were blown over. The RWIS was still measuring a gust of 61 knots at 0013 CST.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindStarbuck$100,000Hundreds of trees down, some on houses, businesses and vehicles. Numerous docks and boats flipped along Lake Minnewaska in Starbuck.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-Trees and power lines reported down in Starbuck.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-Multiple large branches were brought down by thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-Measured by a MNDOT road weather station.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-A tree fell on a powerline.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-Isolated tree damage around Starbuck.
May 2022Tornado (EF1)Starbuck-A tornado developed about 4 miles west of Starbuck and tracked northeast. A small outbuilding was completely destroyed and debris was spread north northwest. A truck and trailer were overturned on Highway 28. Maximum winds were estimated at 90 mph.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-There were numerous large tree branches that blew down around Starbuck.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-A Minnesota Department of Transportation wind sensor measured a wind gust of 62 mph.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-A measured 56 knot wind gust from a mounted anemometer. In addition, a 56 mph wind gust occurred at the Glenwood Airport, approximately 3 miles east of Glenwood.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-Power lines were blown down in Starbuck.
June 2013Flash FloodStarbuck-Very heavy rainfall began across Pope County after 1130 PM CST, Thursday, June 20th. Due to the extreme rainfall rates that continued through 1230 AM CST, Friday, June 21st, several roads in the city of Starbuck became inundated with flood waters. The heavy rainfall tapered off after 1 AM CST, June 21st, and flood waters slowly receded during the early morning hours.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-Numerous trees were blown down midway between Starbuck and Glenwood.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-Several large trees were blown down, including a 75 foot Pine.
May 2013HailStarbuck-Severe hail fell southwest of Starbuck, Minnesota, along with a report of 54 mph winds, small tree limbs blown down and torrential rainfall.
July 2010Funnel CloudStarbuck-The public reported a funnel cloud near Highway 28, between Glenwood and Starbuck Airport.
July 2010Flash FloodStarbuck-Several reports of heavy rainfall with amounts of two to four inches were observed around Starbuck in a short period of time. Some roads in Starbuck were closed temporarily due to the extreme rainfall rates and flood waters were observed up to car doors.
April 2005Tornado (F0)Starbuck-A tornado briefly touched down in an open field in Walden Township, Section 16. The touchdown occurred about 2.5 miles north-northwest of the west end of Lake Emily. No damage was reported.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-A tree was downed.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-A MNDOT road weather sensor recorded a wind gust of 64 MPH.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-A MNDOT automated wind sensor recorded a gust of 59 MPH.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Starbuck-Brief touchdown on north side of Glacial Lakes State Park. Few trees damaged.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-Trees down.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-Power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-Tree Damage.
June 2024HailStarbuck-no account filed
July 2023HailStarbuck-no account filed
May 2022HailStarbuck-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindStarbuck-no account filed
July 2020HailStarbuck-no account filed
June 2016HailStarbuck-no account filed
June 2013HailStarbuck-no account filed
August 2013HailStarbuck-no account filed
May 2008HailStarbuck-no account filed
September 2007HailStarbuck-no account filed
June 2005HailStarbuck-no account filed
May 2003HailStarbuck-no account filed
June 2003HailStarbuck-no account filed
June 2003HailStarbuck-no account filed
June 2003HailStarbuck-no account filed
July 2002HailStarbuck-no account filed
June 2001HailStarbuck-no account filed
June 1999HailStarbuck-no account filed
July 1996Funnel CloudStarbuck-no account filed
July 1994HailStarbuck-no account filed
June 1994HailStarbuck-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pope 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
Lowry6.3 miles8
Long Beach6.6 miles8
Glenwood7.9 miles8
Pine Hill Park10.2 miles9
Farwell10.5 miles8
Cyrus11.0 miles8
Terrace13.3 miles9
Sedan15.2 miles8

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 StarbuckAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q256853The 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 652561. 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.