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Waconia, Minnesota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Waconia City. It lies in ZIP code area 55387. It lies near Coney Island. The Survey maps it on the Waconia quadrangle. 13,033 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 981 feet above sea level.

Waconia within Carver County

On record in Waconia

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 7 records

Population over time

2 figures

Waconia grew from 10,697 to 13,033 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.

YearPeople Change
201010,697
202013,033+2,336 (+22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Waconia between 2007 and 2010, burning about 137 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
11 April 2010Recreation and ceremony85 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 November 2007Equipment and vehicle use52 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carver County

Storms near this place

51 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waconia in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 3 heavy rain, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2001HailWaconia$15,000,000Fell on the north side of Lake Waconia. Damage total is for all wind and hail damages in Carver County between 1620 and 1640.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWaconia$100,000A severe squall line that moved from east to northeast across northern Carver County produced a significant swath of tree and power line damage across the city of Waconia. Several of the trees were over 12 inches in diameter. One tree landed on a car and destroyed it. Due to the significant damage to power lines, the power in Waconia was out for several hours.
August 2020Tornado (EF0)Waconia$50,000An NWS Survey indicated a brief EF-0, which was also observed by people nearby. The tornado touched down just off shore on the western edge of Reitz Lake, and moved inland. It caused damage to a boat lift, boat, and several trees before dissipating just north of Airport Road.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindWaconia$35,000Roof of old city hall partially peeled back. Few trees down.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindWaconia$2,000A 12 inch diameter tree was snapped at its base north of Waconia.
June 2025HailWaconia-NWS Employee reported half dollar sized hail in Waconia.
June 2025HailWaconia-NWS employee reported 3.25 inch hail in Waconia.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWaconia-A thunderstorm wind gust knocked a tree down just north of Hwy 5 on the east side of Waconia.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWaconia-Report of a large tree down at the Carver County Fairgrounds.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWaconia-Dozens of large trees were down and power was out.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWaconia-Dozens of large trees down. Time estimated from radar.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWaconia-Power lines were blown down in Waconia.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWaconia-A 12 diameter branch was blown down.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWaconia-A power line was blown down near County Road 10, between County Road 30 and Waconia Parkway.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWaconia-Waconia Middle School wind observation.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindWaconia-A measured wind gust of 52 knots was recorded west of Waconia.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWaconia-A tree was blown down at Highway 7 and County Road 11.
May 2012Heavy RainWaconia-A local observer measured 3.37 inches in the last 24 hours.
May 2012Heavy RainWaconia-An observer in Waconia, Minnesota, measured 2.70 inches of rainfall over the past 24 hours.
August 2009Heavy RainWaconia-A NWS employee recorded 5.49 inches of rainfall in a six hour period.
June 2008HailWaconia-Occurred at Highway 5 and 284. Hail covered the ground.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWaconia-Large trees downed.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWaconia-Three to four inch branches severed.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWaconia-A large barn felled, large tree limbs severed.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWaconia-Twelve inch diameter tree down. Several large branches also down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWaconia-Large branches down.
April 2007HailWaconia-Hail occurred one half mile south of Highway 5.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindWaconia-A tree was downed onto a house.
July 2004HailWaconia-The time was estimated.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindWaconia-Twelve inch diameter tree toppled.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWaconia-Large trees blown over. Estimated windspeed.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWaconia-15 inch tree blown down. Golf dome deflated. Power poles blown down. Estimated windspeed.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindWaconia-Golf dome blown down and deflated. Estimated windspeed.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWaconia-Large branches down. Estimated windspeed.
June 1994Tornado (F0)Waconia-A tornado touched down briefly and caused minor property damage to a home.
August 2025HailWaconia-no account filed
June 2025HailWaconia-no account filed
August 2013HailWaconia-no account filed
May 2012HailWaconia-no account filed
August 2012Thunderstorm WindWaconia-no account filed
June 2012HailWaconia-no account filed
July 2008HailWaconia-no account filed
July 2008HailWaconia-no account filed
July 2008HailWaconia-no account filed
June 2008HailWaconia-no account filed
June 2007HailWaconia-no account filed
June 2005HailWaconia-no account filed
September 2005HailWaconia-no account filed
April 2002HailWaconia-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindWaconia-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindWaconia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carver County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Coney Island1.4 miles12
Maple2.6 miles12
Hydes Lake4.0 miles12
Benton5.2 miles12
Cologne5.5 miles12
Mayer5.8 miles11
Augusta6.1 miles18
Victoria6.7 miles18

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 WaconiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1023024The 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 653704. 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.