BlockAlbion Center, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Albion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55302. The Survey maps it on the Albion Center quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Cokato quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Albion Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
949 words on this townshipHistory of Wright County, Minnesota Volume II, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Albion Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Albion Township - 949 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Albion Center between 2001 and 2013, burning about 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 October 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albion Center in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 3 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion Center | - | A tree was blown down, blocking 10th St. between Keats Ave and County Road 6. |
| July 2016 | Heavy Rain | Albion Center | - | A trained spotter measured 5.06 inches of rain south of Albion Center. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Albion Center | - | Golf ball size hail was reported near Granite Lake, southwest of the city of Maple Lake. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Albion Center | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Albion Center | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Albion | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Albright | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Highland | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Rassat | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Maple Lake | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| French Lake | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Annandale | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Smith Lake | 6.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 639254. 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.