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Floodwood Minnesota Map

Explore Floodwood, Minnesota, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Floodwood, Minnesota

How to Use This Floodwood, Minnesota Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Floodwood, Minnesota. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Minnesota or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Floodwood.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Floodwood
State	Minnesota (MN)
County	St. Louis County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	46.92911
Longitude	-92.919648
Population	517
Density	131.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	55736
Area Code	218
County Seat	Duluth
School District	Floodwood Public School District

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About Floodwood, Minnesota

Floodwood is a locality in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 517. The population density is 131.9 people per km². Floodwood is located at 46.9291°N, 92.9196°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Floodwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 55736.

Floodwood emerges from the flat, low-lying expanse of the North Woods, defined by the dark, slow-moving currents of the Floodwood River that carve a quiet path through the surrounding muskeg and timber. It lies 26.1 miles west-northwest of Cloquet, MN (from Cloquet, MN: bearing 304°T), and is situated 34.4 miles south of Hibbing. The air here holds a crisp, persistent weight, especially during the long months when the frost deepens, lending the landscape a stillness that feels both ancient and unyielding. To the north, the distant outline of the Mesabi Range silhouettes the horizon, while the nearby Miscellaneous SRMA offers a sprawling, untamed buffer of brush and marsh that transitions toward the denser timber of the Savanna State Forest. Four miles to the west, Potshot Lake sits as a mirror to the gray, heavy clouds of autumn, its surface undisturbed by the frantic pace of larger, more populated regions.

Economic life in Floodwood has long been defined by the stubborn utility of the land, drawing from the legacy of timber extraction that once moved men along the Headboom Logging Trail to harvest the towering white pines. This history of industry left a distinct imprint on the local character, a blend of resilience and practical labor that persists in the way the community manages its daily affairs. Modern life here respects the rhythm of the seasons, where the seasonal change of light—from the harsh, long-shadowed winters to the fleeting, vibrant green of summer—dictates the pulse of the streets. The cultural heritage remains a layered construct of those who arrived to work the woods and clear the fields, resulting in a place where the silence of the surrounding wilderness is as much a part of the local identity as the modest, sturdy houses that line the roads of Floodwood.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Miscellaneous (State Resource Management Area) — 0.0 mi, 180° S
Floodwood State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 263° W
Savanna State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.6 mi, 200° S
Savanna Portage State Park (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 240° SW
Wawina Peatland (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 328° NW
Superior National Forest (National Forest) — 9.3 mi, 177° S · 2.1M acres
Fond du Lac State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 15.2 mi, 151° SE
Big Sandy Lake Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 17.4 mi, 234° SW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 18.4 mi, 193° S
Tell Him I Blame Him for the Children we have Lost... (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 241° SW
The Ojibwe's Sandy Lake Journey (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 241° SW
Band Shell (Theatre) — 25.9 mi, 124° SE
Jay Cooke State Park (State Park) — 30.0 mi, 128° SE
Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.8 mi, 214° SW · 36k acres
Wrenshall deer statue (Public Artwork) — 33.0 mi, 130° SE
Hanna Mining Company Train Cabose (Attraction) — 33.3 mi, 347° N
Moose Lake Depot Museum (Museum) — 33.6 mi, 168° S
Paulucci Space Theatre (Museum) — 34.2 mi, 360° N
Hibbing Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 34.4 mi, 359° N
Chippewa National Forest (National Forest) — 34.6 mi, 306° NW · 660k acres
Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 34.7 mi, 121° SE
Proctor Area Historical Museum (Museum) — 35.3 mi, 111° E
Ely's Peak Overlook (Viewpoint) — 35.8 mi, 118° SE
Spirit Mountain Adventure Park (Attraction) — 36.3 mi, 114° SE
Capybara (Attraction) — 37.1 mi, 112° E
Grey Wolf (Attraction) — 37.1 mi, 112° E
Minnesota Museum of Mining (Museum) — 38.7 mi, 002° N
Hartley Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 40.0 mi, 099° E
NorShor Theatre (Theatre) — 40.1 mi, 104° E
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 72.9 mi, 020° N · 1.1M acres

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