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Adrian, Minnesota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Adrian City. It lies in ZIP code area 56110. The Survey maps it on the Adrian quadrangle. 1,194 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,562 feet above sea level.

Adrian within Nobles County

On record in Adrian

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Adrian fell from 1,209 to 1,194 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
20101,209
20201,194-15 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Adrian: 1 producer. 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
Scheidt Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Nobles County

Storms near this place

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adrian in 47 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 24 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 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 2004Thunderstorm WindAdrian$1,000,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed a grain elevator and several grain bins. The winds also damaged roofs and siding on several homes and businesses. There was widespread tree damage including several trees blown down. Homes, businesses, and vehicles sustained additional damage from falling or flying tree debris, and debris blocked several roads. Power lines were blown down, resulting in power outages. The winds caused severe crop damage in the area, but the amount of crop damage could not be determined.
April 2004Tornado (F1)Adrian$500,000A tornado destroyed a barn and blew the walls of a garage off its foundation. The garage was attached to a house which received no apparent damage.
June 1996HailAdrian$500,000no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindAdrian$200,000Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including at least one large tree blown down onto part of a house. The winds also blew down an Interstate sign.
July 2000Tornado (F2)Adrian$150,000A tornado damaged buildings, vehicles, and trees on a farm. The tornado destroyed the west side of the house, blew three grain bins away and wrapped them around trees. The tornado also blew the top of a barn off, killing at least 4 calves inside.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindAdrian$50,000Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage. Trees as large as a foot and a half in diameter were blown down, along with numerous limbs and branches. Several roads were blocked by tree debris. The winds also caused damage to power lines.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindAdrian$50,000no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindAdrian$5,000Large trees were leveled by thunderstorm wind gusts across southern portions of Adrian. Property damage costs are a rough estimate.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAdrian$5,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed a storage shed and caused tree damage, including several large trees and numerous branches blown down. The winds were accompanied by small hail.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindAdrian$5,000no account filed
July 2004Tornado (F1)Adrian$2,000A tornado damaged trees and destroyed outbuildings.
June 2024Flash FloodAdrian-Intense rainfall renewed flooding across Interstate 90, especially in areas just east of Magnolia. As a result, sections of Interstate 90 were closed. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for areal and river flooding for Nobles County.
July 2023HailAdrian-Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindAdrian-A narrow path of crop damage, possibly related to a miso vortex within a broader wind field, was identified using Sentinel satellite imagery.
July 2020Heavy RainAdrian-Rainfall report of 3.54 inches received through social media.
May 2012Flash FloodAdrian-Heavy rain caused flash flooding of a small creek which flooded a campground. Some roads were also flooded.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including branches blown down. The winds were accompanied by heavy rain.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAdrian-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including 4 inch diameter branches blown down.
July 2004Flash FloodAdrian-Very heavy rain caused flooding of several roads, fields, and other low areas. Several dirt roads were washed out.
August 2004HailAdrian-Large hail was widespread over part of Nobles County. The hail contributed to crop damage also caused by strong winds. The amount of crop damage could not be determined.
June 2001LightningAdrian-Lightning struck a large tree, splitting the tree, and scattering debris up to a half black away.
July 2000Tornado (F0)Adrian-A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
July 2000Tornado (F0)Adrian-A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
April 2026HailAdrian-no account filed
August 2017HailAdrian-no account filed
May 2012HailAdrian-no account filed
May 2012HailAdrian-no account filed
June 2008HailAdrian-no account filed
October 2007HailAdrian-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAdrian-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAdrian-no account filed
May 2005HailAdrian-no account filed
April 2004HailAdrian-no account filed
May 2004HailAdrian-no account filed
May 2004HailAdrian-no account filed
July 2004HailAdrian-no account filed
July 2004HailAdrian-no account filed
July 2004HailAdrian-no account filed
July 2004HailAdrian-no account filed
July 2004HailAdrian-no account filed
July 2004HailAdrian-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindAdrian-no account filed
April 2000HailAdrian-no account filed
June 1998HailAdrian-no account filed
October 1998HailAdrian-no account filed
June 1996HailAdrian-no account filed
June 1994HailAdrian-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nobles 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
Rushmore7.1 miles8
Lismore7.8 miles7
Ellsworth9.3 miles7
Ransom9.7 miles8
Wilmont10.6 miles7
Saint Kilian11.2 miles7
Reading12.6 miles8
Leota14.4 miles7

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 AdrianAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2233241The 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 639217. 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.

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.