Woodbury, Minnesota
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Woodbury City. It lies in ZIP code area 55125. The Survey maps it on the Lake Elmo quadrangle. 75,102 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 991 feet above sea level.
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On record in Woodbury
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
Charles Spangenberg Farmsteadlisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresWoodbury grew from 61,961 to 75,102 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 | 61,961 | |
| 2020 | 75,102 | +13,141 (+21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1946 USGS Hudson quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Hudson quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Lake Elmo quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Lake Elmo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Lake Elmo quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
118 words on this townshipHistory of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Woodbury City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Woodbury City - 118 words.
Fires near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Woodbury between 1996 and 2017, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 October 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Woodbury: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twincities Silica Pit & Mill | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Afton Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Standard Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
50 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodbury in 50 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 30 hail, 16 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | $14,000,000 | Roofs off houses. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Woodbury | $1,700,000 | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Woodbury | $500,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down in the southwestern portion of Woodbury, along Bailey Road.|It dissipated when it reached Woodlane Drive. The tornado caused damage to multiple townhouses, trees, and road signs. |
| May 2017 | Lightning | Woodbury | $450,000 | A home in Woodbury was struck by lightning and caused enough damage to make the home unlivable. No injuries were reported as the homeowner was not at home. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Woodbury | $100,000 | The public reported golf ball hail near the intersection of Bailey Road, and Woodlane in Woodbury, Minnesota. In addition, roof and car damage was reported around Woodbury due to the large hail stones. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | $50,000 | A NWS Skywarn Instructor, who is a broadcast meteorologist, surveyed an area of that was associated with straight-line wind damage that occurred in a new subdivision in Stonemill Farms in Woodbury, Minnesota. The damage was mainly to trees blown down and some siding blown off homes around Aster Lane, Windmill Curve, Walden Drive and Sawmill Curve. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Woodbury | - | Report received via mPING. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Woodbury | - | Report received via mPING. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | - | Measured just southeast of Radio Dr and Lake Rd. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Woodbury | - | Report received via mPING. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Woodbury | - | Report received via mPING. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Woodbury | - | Report submitted via X. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | - | A storm chaser measured the wind gust on a personal weather station. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | - | A picture was shared on social media showing large trees uprooted and a home fence that was knocked over. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Woodbury | - | Most of the hail was pea to dime size over the Woodbury area. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Woodbury | - | A tornado damaged about one dozen trees, soffit was ripped off a house, a semi was tipped over, and about six greenhouse hoops were damaged. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | - | Wind gust measured by a home weather station. In addition, several large tree branches were blown down. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | - | A large tree was snapped off in Woodbury. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | - | Several trees were blown down halfway between Woodbury, and Lakeland. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | - | Several large tree branches and a few small trees were blown down across the city of Woodbury. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Woodbury | - | Several areas between Newport and Woodbury received up to golf ball size hail. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Woodbury | - | Local amateur radio operators reported nickel to quarter size hail near Woodbury. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | - | Three inch diameter branches felled just north of I-94. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Woodbury | - | Hail occurred at I-494 and Tamarack Road. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | - | A citizen on Duckwood Trail recorded a wind gust of 59 MPH. A tree on the property was downed onto a deck. More than 50 trees were downed across the city, mainly south of Valley Creek Road and west of Woodbury Drive. The Colby Lake development was hardest hit. One home lost a corner of its roof and yard objects were thrown around. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | - | Numerous trees felled. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | - | 4 inch diameter tree limbs down. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Woodbury | - | Three inches of rain and street flooding reported in area. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodbury | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Woodbury | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landfall | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Oakbury | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Oakdale | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Newport | 4.5 miles | 28 | |
| Saint Paul Park | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Elmo | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Cottage Grove | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| East Cottage Grove | 7.0 miles | 18 |
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 Woodbury | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q862672 | 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 659734. 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.










