Almora, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Elmo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56551. The Survey maps it on the Parkers Prairie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Parkers Prairie quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
50 words on this townshipOtter Tail County, Minnesota, in the World War;, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Elmo Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Elmo Township - 50 words.
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Almora between 1992 and 2019, burning about 744 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 92 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 29 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | LAKE FIRE |
| 13 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 114 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 March 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 470 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Almora in 9 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 6 hail, 3 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 | Almora | - | Broadcast Media relays a report of large trees blown down 1 mile east of Almora. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almora | - | Received a report of a large tree blown down. Time was estimated using radar analysis. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Almora | - | Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail fell. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Almora | - | Very strong winds rocked a large SUV while the vehicle was parked on the side of a highway. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Almora | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Almora | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Almora | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Almora | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Almora | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henning | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Parkers Prairie | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Parkers Prairie Park | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lyman | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Vining | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Wrightstown | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Woodland Park | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Deer Creek | 10.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 639301. 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.





