Turtle River, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Turtle River City. It lies in ZIP code area 56601. The Survey maps it on the Turtle River quadrangle. 88 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,332 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTurtle River grew from 77 to 88 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 | 77 | |
| 2020 | 88 | +11 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1920 USGS Buena Vista quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Turtle River quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1976 USGS Blackduck quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Turtle River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 27 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 | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Turtle River: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barthelemy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bemidji Blacktop Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jerome Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kelly Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ray Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thomas Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thorson Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turtle River in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turtle River | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turtle River | - | Large trees blown down. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Turtle River | - | Very heavy rain also fell. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turtle River | - | Several large trees were snapped or uprooted. |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Turtle River | - | The tornado briefly touched down. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Turtle River | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Turtle River | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Turtle River | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Turtle River | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Park | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lavinia | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Tenstrike | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Birchmont | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Secluded Acres | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Andrusia | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hines | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Werner | 9.3 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 Turtle River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1837550 | 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 658777. 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.





