Zimmerman, Minnesota
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Livonia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55398. The Survey maps it on the Lake Fremont quadrangle. 6,189 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresZimmerman grew from 5,228 to 6,189 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 | 5,228 | |
| 2020 | 6,189 | +961 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Elk River quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Lake Fremont quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Lake Fremont quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
398 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 398 fires within 5 miles of Zimmerman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,034 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 62 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 | 172 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | NO 6 |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | TALLAKSON |
| 29 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
40 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zimmerman in 40 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 25 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zimmerman | - | Three trees were reported down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zimmerman | - | Dispatch relayed multiple reports of trees down in Zimmerman. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zimmerman | - | A few trees were blown down south of Zimmerman. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | There was a social media picture of 1 inch hail. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Zimmerman | - | A trained observer measured 2.95 inches of rainfall in 45 minutes, southwest of Zimmerman. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | Hail fell at the intersection of County Roads 1 and 32. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zimmerman | - | A large tree was blown down northwest of Elk River. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zimmerman | - | Several large 24 foot diameter trees were uprooted in Zimmerman. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | Occurred at intersection of County Road 4 and Highway 169. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zimmerman | - | Highway 169 and County road 9. Multiple trees down over highway. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zimmerman | - | A tree was downed across Highway 169. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | Quarter to golf ball sized hail fell. |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Zimmerman | - | A weak tornado briefly touched down north of Highway 4 between 269th and 277th avenues west of Blue Lake. No damage was reported. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zimmerman | - | Large trees felled. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zimmerman | - | Large trees and powerlines blown down. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zimmerman | - | Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zimmerman | - | Hundreds of trees blown down at Girl Scout Camp. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zimmerman | - | Large branches and power lines down. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Zimmerman | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Zimmerman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimmerman Terrace | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| Baldwin | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Orrock | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Orono Estates | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bailey | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Elk River | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| Big Lake | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Big Lake Estates | 11.5 miles | 13 |
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 Zimmerman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2227857 | 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 646352. 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.









