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.
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
Church of St. Adrian-Catholiclisted 1980
Slade Hotellisted 1975- Adrian State Banklisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresAdrian 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,209 | |
| 2020 | 1,194 | -15 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Worthington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheidt Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
47 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | $1,000,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Adrian | $500,000 | A 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 1996 | Hail | Adrian | $500,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | $200,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2000 | Tornado (F2) | Adrian | $150,000 | A 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | $50,000 | Thunderstorm 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 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | $5,000 | Large trees were leveled by thunderstorm wind gusts across southern portions of Adrian. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | $5,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Adrian | $2,000 | A tornado damaged trees and destroyed outbuildings. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Adrian | - | 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 2023 | Hail | Adrian | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | A narrow path of crop damage, possibly related to a miso vortex within a broader wind field, was identified using Sentinel satellite imagery. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Adrian | - | Rainfall report of 3.54 inches received through social media. |
| May 2012 | Flash Flood | Adrian | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of a small creek which flooded a campground. Some roads were also flooded. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including branches blown down. The winds were accompanied by heavy rain. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including 4 inch diameter branches blown down. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Adrian | - | Very heavy rain caused flooding of several roads, fields, and other low areas. Several dirt roads were washed out. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Adrian | - | 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 2001 | Lightning | Adrian | - | Lightning struck a large tree, splitting the tree, and scattering debris up to a half black away. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Adrian | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Adrian | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Adrian | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Adrian | - | 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.
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 Adrian | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2233241 | 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 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.



