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.
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
Chase Hotellisted 1980
Conservation Buildinglisted 2003
Minnesota State Sanatorium for Consumptiveslisted 2001
Population over time
2 figuresWalker 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 941 | |
| 2020 | 966 | +25 (+3%) |
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.
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Walker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Cass Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Walker quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
217 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 85 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | OLD HOUSE FIRE |
| 6 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | MYSTERY |
| 29 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | PINE POINT |
| 15 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | BURNING STUMP |
| 8 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | WHITE WOLF |
| 7 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | WALKER HEIGHTS FIRE |
| 5 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | LAKE MAY |
| 5 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | POPPLE DOCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sixth Lake Rd Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
36 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker | - | Numerous trees were snapped and blown over. One tree was uprooted. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker | - | Tree and structure damage was reported in the city park. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker | - | Damage was reported at the marina. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker | - | A gust of 64 mph was recorded by the Walker Ambient Weather Station on First Point Drive. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down in Shingobee Township. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker | - | Sporadic wind damage occurred, with a few medium size trees snapped off. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker | - | Several large trees were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker | - | Trees were blown down and a boat lift was thrown 50 feet. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker | - | High thunderstorm winds moved across the Barnum Lake, Webb Lake, and Woman Lake areas, knocking down hundreds of trees. Wind speed is estimated. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Waterspout | Walker | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Walker | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walker | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ah-gwah-ching | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Onigum | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Baker | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Wilkinson | 10.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hackensack | 12.3 miles | 10 | |
| Whipholt | 12.3 miles | 9 | |
| Brevik | 15.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cuba (historical) | 19.0 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 Walker | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1911158 | 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 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.





