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Walker, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Walker City. It lies in ZIP code area 56484. The Survey maps it on the Walker quadrangle. 966 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,316 feet above sea level.

Walker within Cass County

On record in Walker

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Walker grew from 941 to 966 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
2010941
2020966+25 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

217 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Walker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 159 acres in total. None started naturally. 56 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 burning85
Arson/incendiarism56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony22
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Smoking5
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreChippewa National ForestOLD HOUSE FIRE
6 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChippewa National ForestMYSTERY
29 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreChippewa National ForestPINE POINT
15 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChippewa National ForestBURNING STUMP
8 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreChippewa National ForestWHITE WOLF
7 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreChippewa National ForestWALKER HEIGHTS FIRE
5 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChippewa National ForestLAKE MAY
5 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreChippewa National ForestPOPPLE DOCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Walker: 1 producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sixth Lake Rd Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

36 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walker in 36 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 19 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 waterspout. 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 2025Thunderstorm WindWalker-Numerous trees were snapped and blown over. One tree was uprooted.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWalker-Tree and structure damage was reported in the city park.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWalker-Damage was reported at the marina.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWalker-A gust of 64 mph was recorded by the Walker Ambient Weather Station on First Point Drive.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWalker-Several trees and power lines were blown down in Shingobee Township.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWalker-Sporadic wind damage occurred, with a few medium size trees snapped off.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWalker-Several large trees were blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWalker-Trees were blown down and a boat lift was thrown 50 feet.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindWalker-Numerous trees were blown down.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindWalker-Numerous trees were blown down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindWalker-Several trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWalker-High thunderstorm winds moved across the Barnum Lake, Webb Lake, and Woman Lake areas, knocking down hundreds of trees. Wind speed is estimated.
July 2025HailWalker-no account filed
June 2017HailWalker-no account filed
June 2008HailWalker-no account filed
June 2008HailWalker-no account filed
September 2008HailWalker-no account filed
September 2007HailWalker-no account filed
July 2003HailWalker-no account filed
July 2003HailWalker-no account filed
July 2003HailWalker-no account filed
August 2002HailWalker-no account filed
July 2001HailWalker-no account filed
August 2000HailWalker-no account filed
August 2000HailWalker-no account filed
August 2000HailWalker-no account filed
August 2000HailWalker-no account filed
June 1999HailWalker-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWalker-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWalker-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindWalker-no account filed
July 1998WaterspoutWalker-no account filed
June 1998HailWalker-no account filed
June 1998HailWalker-no account filed
June 1998HailWalker-no account filed
October 1997Thunderstorm WindWalker-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Ah-gwah-ching2.3 miles10
Onigum2.3 miles10
Baker3.9 miles10
Wilkinson10.5 miles8
Hackensack12.3 miles10
Whipholt12.3 miles9
Brevik15.9 miles9
Cuba (historical)19.0 miles9

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 WalkerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1911158The 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 658881. 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.