Tenstrike, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Tenstrike City. It lies in ZIP code area 56647. The Survey maps it on the Tenstrike quadrangle. 186 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,421 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTenstrike fell from 201 to 186 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 | 201 | |
| 2020 | 186 | -15 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Tenstrike quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Blackduck quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Tenstrike quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Tenstrike between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | NOMA LAKE |
| 29 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | TURTLE RIVER |
| 25 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | HYDROAX FIRE |
| 29 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | RICE POND |
| 30 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 June 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | 3 CULVERTS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tenstrike: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenstrike Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tenstrike in 20 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 14 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenstrike | $25,000 | Boats and docks were damaged. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenstrike | $1,000 | Branches were blown down. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Tenstrike | - | Resort on south side of Gull Lake. Quarter sized hail and wind damage (elaborated in another LSR). Time estimated via radar. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenstrike | - | Resort on south side of Gull Lake. 6 to 10 inch healthy branches broken, various outdoor furniture damaged. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Tenstrike | - | Large hail and damaging winds were reported, along with several snapped trees and broken windows. Additional reports and photos were received via social media. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenstrike | - | Several trees were blown down onto a camper near Summer Haven Resort. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Tenstrike | - | A few dime to quarter sized hail fell. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenstrike | - | Many pine trees were blown down. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenstrike | - | A tree was blown down near the junction of county roads 39 and 22. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Tenstrike | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Tenstrike | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Tenstrike | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Tenstrike | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Tenstrike | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Tenstrike | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Tenstrike | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Tenstrike | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Tenstrike | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Tenstrike | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Tenstrike | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hines | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Turtle River | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Blackduck | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Langor | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Woodland Park | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Andrusia | 11.8 miles | 9 | |
| Nebish | 12.1 miles | 8 | |
| Lavinia | 12.2 miles | 11 |
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 Tenstrike | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2049872 | 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 658635. 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.





