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Warroad, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Warroad City. It lies in ZIP code area 56763. It stands on Warroad River. The Survey maps it on the Warroad quadrangle. 1,830 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,066 feet above sea level.

Warroad within Roseau County

On record in Warroad

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Warroad grew from 1,781 to 1,830 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
20101,781
20201,830+49 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Warroad between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,403 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 53 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 burning58
Arson/incendiarism53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking8
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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
28 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 September 1998Smokingunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 2000Smokingunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 August 1998Naturalunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 August 2011Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 August 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roseau County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Warroad: 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holland Pit and Mill No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Springsteel Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Warroad MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Roseau County

Storms near this place

38 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warroad in 38 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 25 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
August 2006Tornado (F3)Warroad$20,000,000Tornado number two of a series tracked east-southeast for about 4 miles across the northern part of Warroad. The main tornado appeared to have touched down about a mile west of the Marvin Windows plant complex at the northwest corner of Warroad. The tornado grew to around 500 yards wide as it moved across the Lakeview Park and campground area. The tornado apparently lifted as it passed into Muskeg Bay of the Lake of the Woods. Peak wind speeds were estimated from 160 to 180 mph.Damage was extensive along the tornado path in Warroad. At the Marvin Windows plant, the roof was damaged and 16 semi trailers were overturned. Several of the trailers were full with new windows, which were a complete loss. The nearby Pepsi plant had its sign blown down. At the Warroad City Park and Campground, 30 to 40 campers were destroyed and roughly 10 boats were damaged or sunk. The city pool, which had been recently renovated, was also damaged. The Trading Post Gift Shop was completely destroyed. Many large trees were also snapped off or broken into pieces. Eight to 10 homes also sustained damage.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindWarroad$2,000A tree was blown down onto a shed.
June 2024HailWarroad-Public reports half-dollar sized hail in Warroad.
June 2024HailWarroad-Trained spotter reports golf ball sized hail southwest of Warroad.
August 2024HailWarroad-Public reports half-dollar sized hail in Warroad, MN.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindWarroad-Heavy rain and small hail were accompanied by driving winds. A few four inch diameter tree branches were blown down and garden furniture was scattered.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWarroad-The strong winds were accompanied by hail.
August 2006HailWarroad-Baseball sized hail with strong winds damaged numerous vehicles and broke windows.
August 2006HailWarroad-The large hail shattered a car windshield.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWarroad-Branches were blown down.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindWarroad-Large tree branches were blown down.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindWarroad-Large tree branches were blown down near the border crossing.
June 2002Flash FloodWarroad-County roads 12 and 2 were closed and water was reported over many more roads. The Warroad River flooded the southwest part of town and 60 people were evacuated on the afternoon of the 10th. Half the businesses in town closed due to water damage.
July 1995Tornado (F0)Warroad-Tornado touched down in open farmland and moved southwest. No structural damage reported.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWarroad-Tree damage. Damage to railroad crossing arms.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindWarroad-Severe thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees at the Lakewood Trailer Park.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindWarroad-Severe thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindWarroad-Numerous trees down in the Warroad area; winds were estimated by a law enforcement official to be 80 mph. A few railroad crossing arms were completely blown off.
June 2016HailWarroad-no account filed
June 2016HailWarroad-no account filed
August 2013HailWarroad-no account filed
July 2012HailWarroad-no account filed
July 2012HailWarroad-no account filed
July 2008HailWarroad-no account filed
August 2006HailWarroad-no account filed
August 2006HailWarroad-no account filed
June 2004HailWarroad-no account filed
September 2003HailWarroad-no account filed
July 2002HailWarroad-no account filed
July 2002HailWarroad-no account filed
July 2002HailWarroad-no account filed
July 2002HailWarroad-no account filed
May 2000HailWarroad-no account filed
June 1999HailWarroad-no account filed
June 1999HailWarroad-no account filed
May 1998HailWarroad-no account filed
May 1998HailWarroad-no account filed
June 1998HailWarroad-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Roseau 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
North Star Court0.0 miles10
Longworth6.0 miles10
Swift6.1 miles9
Roosevelt13.5 miles9
Roosevelt Park13.5 miles9
Enstrom Estates13.8 miles8
Salol13.9 miles8
Winner22.2 miles6

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 WarroadAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2186684The 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 653790. 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.