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Sherburne County Multi -Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2020 <br />amounts and patterns is less straight forward compared to temperature. Some climate models do <br />a better job than others representing rainfall for the Midwest, and available data sources only <br />provide average estimates on a monthly scale, masking the spikes in extremes that trigger flood <br />and drought disasters (MDH, 2018). <br />1.6 Demographics <br />Elk River is the largest city in Sherburne County (pop. 22,974) and the designated county seat. There <br />are five cities and 10 townships within the county (plus the cities of Princeton and St. Cloud are <br />partially -located within the county). <br />Table 5 summarizes the population by community according to the 2010 U.S. Census. Figure 1 shows <br />Sherburne County population density by census block. <br />Table 5. Sherburne County Population by Community, 2010 <br />Community <br />Becker 4,538 <br />5-13 <br />Big Lake <br />so,o6o <br />11.37 <br />Clear Lake <br />545 <br />o.62 <br />Elk River <br />22,974 <br />25.96 <br />Princeton* <br />50* <br />o.o6* <br />St. Cloud* <br />6,785* <br />7.67* <br />Zimmerman <br />5,228 <br />5.91- <br />Baldwin Township <br />6,739 <br />7.61. <br />Becker Township <br />4,842 <br />5-47 <br />Big Lake Township <br />7,386 <br />8.35 <br />Blue Hill Township <br />2,176 <br />2.46 <br />Clear Lake Township <br />1,539 <br />1-74 <br />Haven Township <br />1,986 <br />2.24 <br />Livonia Township <br />51951- <br />6.72 <br />Orrock Township <br />3,451 <br />3.90 <br />Palmer Township <br />2,354 <br />2.66 <br />Santiago Township <br />1,895 <br />2.14 <br />Total <br />88,499 <br />Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 <br />*Values within the boundary of Sherburne County <br />Page123 <br />