Airlie, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sweet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56164. The Survey maps it on the Elkton SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Elkton SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Brookings quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
558 words on this townshipAn Illustrated History of the Counties of Rock and Pipestone, Minnesota, published 1911 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Sweet Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Sweet Township - 558 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Airlie between 2003 and 2018, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 31 October 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 228 471 |
| 9 January 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | CROSSOUT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Airlie in 23 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 17 flood, 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Flood | Airlie | $100,000 | Runoff from occasional precipitation in late March and early April produced considerable flooding of agricultural land. Pipestone Creek at Pipestone (gage site PIPM5) crested at 3.73 feet above flood stage on April 6, the fifth highest crest on record. |
| September 2019 | Flood | Airlie | $50,000 | After excessive two-day rainfall during September 10-12 (record 2-day rainfall of 6.75 inches at Pipestone), Pipestone Creek at Pipestone (gage site PIPM5) reached the highest stage on record of 5.51 feet above flood stage on September 12. Flood waters inundated and damaged all rooms of a motel, and encroached on a neighboring restaurant. Several homes had varying degrees of water damage on the northeast side of Pipestone. Numerous county roads were inundated by water, with extensive amounts of agricultural land flooded. |
| September 2019 | Flood | Airlie | $10,000 | After excessive two-day rainfall during September 10-12 (record 2-day rainfall of 6.75 inches at Pipestone), Pipestone Creek below Pipestone (gage site PSTM5) reached the highest stage on record of 1.74 feet above flood stage on September 12. A water rescue was necessary when a motorist drove into rapidly flowing waters on State Highway 30 around 315 am on September 12. In total, 13.5 miles of county maintained roads were under water at one point. Significant flooding of agricultural land occurred. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Airlie | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several trees blown down. The winds also blew a canopy off a trailer. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Airlie | - | Pipestone Creek below Pipestone rose above flood stage the morning of June 21st, cresting around 0.92 feet above flood stage (1595.92 feet) on June 22nd. The creek then fell below flood stage on the morning of June 24th. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for Pipestone County. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Airlie | - | Multiple two-inch tree branches were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Airlie | - | An average of 1 to 2 inches of rainfall occurred in the basin north of Pipestone on May 11, and resultant runoff produced a quick rise into minor flood stage. Pipestone Creek at Pipestone (gage site PIPM5) crested 0.76 feet above flood stage early on May 12. Small tracts of agricultural land succumbed to minor flooding. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Airlie | - | An average of 1 to 2 inches of rainfall occurred in the basin north of Pipestone on May 11, and resultant runoff produced a quick rise into minor flood stage. Pipestone Creek below Pipestone (gage site PSTM5) crested briefly 0.09 feet above flood stage early on May 12. Small tracts of agricultural land succumbed to minor flooding. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Airlie | - | Snow melt and heavy rainfall (measured 1.70 inches at Pipestone) resulted in sporadic and minor flooding of agricultural lands. Pipestone Creek below Pipestone (gage site PSTM5) reached the highest stage on record cresting 0.42 feet above flood stage on March 24. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Airlie | - | Snow melt and heavy rainfall (measured 1.70 inches at Pipestone) resulted in extensive flooding of agricultural lands. Initial flooding was sporadic and minor, but increased with slight warming later in the flooding period as water impacted a railroad bridge near the gage site. Pipestone Creek at Pipestone (gage site PIPM5) reached the fifth highest stage on record cresting 3.62 feet above flood stage on March 21. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Airlie | - | Runoff from occasional precipitation in late March and early April produced considerable flooding of agricultural land. Pipestone Creek below Pipestone (gage site PSTM5) crested at 0.55 feet above flood stage on April 6. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Airlie | - | Runoff following the major winter storm in mid-April produced considerable flooding of agricultural land. Pipestone Creek at Pipestone (gage site PIPM5) crested at 0.64 feet above flood stage on April 15. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Airlie | - | Runoff following the major winter storm in mid-April produced brief flooding of agricultural land. Pipestone Creek below Pipestone (gage site PSTM5) crested at 0.10 feet above flood stage on April 16. |
| March 2018 | Flood | Airlie | - | High water levels with snow melt and a minor ice jam resulted in minor flooding along Pipestone Creek. The river reached a crest of 0.3 feet above flood stage at Pipestone (gage site PIPM5) on March 20. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Airlie | - | Snow melt and runoff from periods of heavier rainfall briefly produced minor flooding with impact to lowland agricultural areas. River levels reached 0.2 feet above flood stage on Pipestone Creek at Pipestone (gage site PIPM5) on April 22. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Airlie | - | Heavy rainfall on June 20 brought a widespread 3 to 5 inches of rainfall with 4.02 inches at Pipestone. Minor flooding occurred with a few streets, crop and pasture land inundated as the river crested at Pipestone (gage site PIPM5) 1.1 feet above flood stage on June 21. The river dropped below flood stage on June 21. |
| July 2018 | Flood | Airlie | - | Crop and pasture land was inundated as levels on Pipestone Creek climbed to 2.2 feet above flood stage at Pipestone (gage site PIPM5) on July 4. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Airlie | - | Heavy rainfall on September 18-20 brought a widespread 3 to 5 inches of rainfall with 4.66 inches at Pipestone. Moderate flooding occurred with crop and pasture land inundated as Pipestone Creek at Pipestone (gage site PIPM5) crested 2.2 feet above flood stage at 2000LST on September 20. The river dropped below flood stage on September 21. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Airlie | - | Heavy rainfall on September 18-20 brought a widespread 3 to 5 inches of rainfall with 4.66 inches at Pipestone. Minor flooding occurred with crop and pasture land inundated as the North Branch of Pipestone Creek near Pipestone (gage site PSTM5) crested 0.4 foot above flood stage on September 21 at 0200LST. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Airlie | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Airlie | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Airlie | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Airlie | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654562. 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.



