Urbank, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Urbank City. It lies in ZIP code area 56361. The Survey maps it on the Millerville quadrangle. 52 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,480 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresUrbank fell from 59 to 52 between 2002 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 59 | |
| 2010 | 54 | -5 (-8%) |
| 2020 | 52 | -2 (-4%) |
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.
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Millerville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Urbank between 2002 and 2006, burning about 145 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 burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.4 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 May 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2005 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Urbank in 12 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF4) | Urbank | 1 killed, 5 hurt | This tornado began in Douglas County, Minnesota. It moved northward into Otter Tail County and produced an additional 38 miles of continuous damage path. The tornado destroyed numerous homes and farmsteads along its path, completely sweeping 7 homes from their foundations. At times, this multi-vortex tornado complex consisted of multiple tornadic tubes pivoting around a common center. Peak winds were estimated at 175 mph. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Urbank | $50,000 | This tornado was wrapped in damaging downburst winds and rain as it rapidly tracked to the north northeast. Numerous poplar, ash, and spruce trees were snapped or uprooted. Shingles and metal roofing panels were torn off of houses and farm buildings and were spread downwind. Peak wind estimated to 90 mph. Time estimated based on radar. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Urbank | - | Large trees were blown down near Inspiration Peak. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Urbank | - | Dime size hail and 2.01 inches of rain fell near Inspiration Peak. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Urbank | - | Tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Urbank | - | A few trees were blown down. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Urbank | - | The hail varied in size from mothball to quarter size. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Urbank | - | The hail occurred 1.5 miles north of Lake Jessie in Leaf Mountain Township. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Urbank | - | Significant tree damage was reported. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Urbank | - | The hail was 2 to 3 inches deep. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Urbank | - | Several large tree branches were blown down. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Urbank | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkers Prairie Park | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Vining | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Parkers Prairie | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Almora | 11.5 miles | 9 | |
| Nirvana | 11.6 miles | 13 | |
| Clitherall | 12.3 miles | 13 | |
| Woodland Park | 13.0 miles | 13 | |
| Henning | 14.2 miles | 9 |
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 Urbank | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1012238 | 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 653577. 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.





