Strandquist, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Strandquist City. It lies in ZIP code area 56758. The Survey maps it on the Strandquist quadrangle. 70 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,063 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresStrandquist grew from 69 to 70 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 | 69 | |
| 2020 | 70 | +1 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Newfolden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Strandquist quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
87 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Strandquist between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,832 acres in total. None started naturally. 59 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 88 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 29 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 120 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strandquist in 15 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strandquist | $40,000 | Three wooden power poles were snapped along highway 59. Numerous nearby poplar trees were also snapped. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strandquist | $15,000 | Strong winds tipped over a grain dryer, ripped a steel quonset storage shed from its foundation, and tossed a hay ring a half mile. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strandquist | $5,000 | 12 telephone poles were downed along Highway 59 from Strandquist to 3 miles south of Karlstad. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strandquist | $2,000 | 12 large oak trees were flattened by the wind. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strandquist | $1,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strandquist | $500 | no account filed |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strandquist | - | Public reports via social media large tree down, 6-8 inches in diameter. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strandquist | - | A few poplar and ash trees were snapped near intersection of Hwy 59 and CR6. Time estimated based on radar. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Strandquist | - | Pea to nickel sized hail was reported. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strandquist | - | Numerous large tree branches were broken down and several large trees, both oak and poplar, were snapped off in shelterbelts and groves across portions of central Nelson Park and Lincoln townships. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Strandquist | - | Basement flooding was reported. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Strandquist | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Strandquist | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Strandquist | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Strandquist | - | 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.
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 Strandquist | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2227661 | 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 652716. 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.
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.







