BlockArco, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lake Stay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56113. The Survey maps it on the Arco quadrangle. 87 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,677 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresArco grew from 75 to 87 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 | 75 | |
| 2020 | 87 | +12 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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
- 1963 USGS Arco quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Brookings quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
32 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arco in 32 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 17 hail, 12 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 | Arco | $152,000 | Runoff from occasional precipitation in late March and very early April maintained significant flooding of agricultural and pasture lands near the Redwood River. The Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) crested at 0.80 feet above flood stage on April 8. |
| September 2019 | Flood | Arco | $10,000 | After excessive two-day rainfall during September 10-12 (5.70 inches at Marshall), the Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) reached the sixth highest stage on record of 1.81 feet above flood stage on September 12. Significant agricultural land was flooded, with numerous county roads under water. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arco | $1,000 | A flag pole was snapped off by strong winds. Lawn furniture was blown all over the yard, with power also knocked out. Wind-driven hail up to one-half inch in diameter shredded crops. Property damage costs are rough estimates. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Arco | - | The Redwood River at Russell rose above flood stage the evening of June 21st, cresting around 2.73 feet above flood stage (16.73 feet) on June 23rd. The river then fell below flood stage on the evening of June 27th. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for Lincoln County. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Arco | - | The Redwood River near Russell, MN rose above flood stage during the early morning of April 12th before cresting around 0.63 feet above flood stage (14.63 feet) on April 13th. The river then fell below flood stage on the evening of April 13th. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arco | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph was measured at mesonet site AT653, 3 miles west of Arco. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Arco | - | An average of 2 to 3 inches of rainfall occurred in the upper portions of the Redwood River Basin, and resultant runoff produced a quick rise into minor flood stage. The Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) reached minor flood stage late on May 12, and crested 0.19 feet above flood stage on May 13. Small tracts of agricultural land succumbed to minor flooding. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Arco | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Arco | - | The Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) crested 0.46 feet above flood stage on March 9. Minor flooding of agricultural land was the main impact. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Arco | - | The Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) reached a peak of 0.19 feet above flood stage on May 28. The main impact was inundation of agricultural land and additional delays to spring planting in the flood plain. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Arco | - | Snow melt and heavy rainfall (measured 1.41 inches at Minneota and 1.61 inches at Lake Wilson) resulted in significant flooding of agricultural land. The Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) crested twice in the moderate level - initially on March 25 at 3.30 feet above flood stage, and second, the second highest stage on record cresting 4.50 feet above flood stage on March 28. The river remained in minor flood stage at the end of the month. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Arco | - | Runoff following the major winter storm in mid-April produced considerable flooding of agricultural land. The Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) crested at 1.80 feet above flood stage on April 18. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Arco | - | Snow melt and runoff from periods of heavier rainfall briefly produced moderate flooding with impact to lowland agricultural areas. River levels reached 3.3 feet above flood stage on the Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) on April 24. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Arco | - | A week of periodic heavy rainfall ending June 26 resulted in a widespread 2 to 5 inches of rainfall, much of which occurred on June 20 and 24. Weekly rainfall totals reached 4.08 inches 6 miles east of Ivanhoe, 2.79 inches at Minneota and 1.84 inches at Marshall. Minor flooding occurred with significant amounts of crop and pasture land inundated as the Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) crested 1.7 feet above flood stage on June 24. The river dropped below flood stage on June 27. |
| July 2018 | Flood | Arco | - | Significant amounts of crop and pasture land near the Redwood River were severely impacted by moderate flooding as river levels climbed to 4.2 feet above flood stage at Russell (gage site RUSM5) on July 4. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Arco | - | Widely photographed tornado briefly touched down in an open field for less than a minute. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Arco | - | Large hail covered the ground in places and caused damage to corn and soybean crops. Some of the damage appeared to be severe, but the amount of crop damage could not be determined because of the uncertainty of the degree of recovery of the crops. Several thousand acres of crops were affected. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Arco | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Arco | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Hail | Arco | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Arco | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Arco | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Arco | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Arco | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Arco | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Arco | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Arco | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Arco | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Arco | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Arco | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Arco | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Arco | - | 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 Arco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2346589 | 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 639425. 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.
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.