Upsala, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Upsala City. It lies in ZIP code area 56384. The Survey maps it on the Upsala quadrangle. 487 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,198 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresUpsala grew from 427 to 487 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 | 427 | |
| 2020 | 487 | +60 (+14%) |
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.
- 1950 USGS Swanville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Upsala quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS St. Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Upsala between 1992 and 2020, burning about 230 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 1999 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Upsala: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrison County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Upsala Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Upsala in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upsala | $25,000 | Several large trees and power lines were blown down near Upsala. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upsala | - | Several trees were toppled onto power lines. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upsala | - | A tree was downed along the road. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upsala | - | Damage occurred near and at Upsala High School. Roof vent blown off, power outage, 12 by 4 foot plexiglass sheet ripped off greenhouse. Metal gate pulled loose. Multiple trees were downed across from Upsala High School, one of which had a diameter of 20-24 inches. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upsala | - | Numerous trees down in campground. Tree on vehicle. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Upsala | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Upsala | - | 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 Upsala | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2227067 | 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 653575. 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.





