BlockAustin Acres, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Austin City. It lies in ZIP code area 55912. It stands on Turtle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Austin West 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.
- 1954 USGS Hayward quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Austin West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Albert Lea quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Austin Acres between 2006 and 2018, burning about 5 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 | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 May 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Windom Wetland Management District | LOST LAKE |
| 14 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Austin Acres: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulland Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hyland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lea Sand & Gravel Plit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Austin Acres in 22 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 4 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flood | Austin Acres | $500,000 | Numerous roads were closed due to high water, especially over the south part of the county near the Minnesota-Iowa state line. Creeks ran very high in Austin area. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Austin Acres | $150,000 | Significant rainfall later into June pushed the Cedar River at Austin into flood stage of 15.0 ft early on June 22nd. The river stage crested at 20.7 ft during the evening on the same day in major flood stage. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin Acres | $75,000 | A public report of tree damage and power poles down 1 mile west of Rose Creek. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Austin Acres | $20,000 | The public reported basement flooding in Austin. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin Acres | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down on the west side of Austin. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin Acres | $5,000 | A large tree limb was blown down southwest of Austin. The limb landed on a vehicle damaging the hood. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin Acres | $2,000 | Trees were blown down near Austin. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin Acres | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on the southwest side of Austin. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin Acres | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down near Austin. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin Acres | $1,000 | A large tree was snapped off at the base at Marcusen Park in Austin. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin Acres | $1,000 | Trees were blown down on the southwest side of Austin. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Austin Acres | $1,000 | Locally heavy rains in Austin caused street flooding to occur and washed out a portion of an enbankment along Turtle Creek. 2.97 inches of rain fell on the southwest side of Austin. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin Acres | $500 | A large tree was blown down, blocking the road, in Marcussen Park near the intersection of Main Street South and 8th Avenue. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Austin Acres | - | The public reported penny sized hail in the city of Austin. The report was relayed via mPing. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Austin Acres | - | Up to half dollar sized hail fell west of Austin. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Austin Acres | - | Near Austin, 4.60 inches of rain fell. |
| September 2016 | Flood | Austin Acres | - | Runoff from heavy rain pushed the Cedar River out of its banks in Austin. The river crested almost five feet above the flood stage at 19.8 feet. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Austin Acres | - | Runoff from heavy rains pushed the Cedar River out of its banks in Austin. The river crested a half foot above the flood stage at 15.50 feet. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Austin Acres | - | Quarter sized hail fell just southwest of Austin. |
| July 2011 | Flood | Austin Acres | - | Heavy rain created flooding in Austin and along parts of Interstate 90. A few motorists became stranded in the high water. |
| September 2010 | Flood | Austin Acres | - | Locally heavy rains pushed the Cedar River in Austin out of its banks from September 23rd to the 25th. The river exceeded the flood stage by five and a half feet, cresting at 20.6 feet. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Austin Acres | - | 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 639532. 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.
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.