BlockBernadotte, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Bernadotte Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56054. The Survey maps it on the Bernadotte quadrangle. It stands 1,004 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 New Ulm quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Bernadotte quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bernadotte in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Bernadotte | $5,000 | Satellite and drone imagery confirmed a brief tornado in a cornfield southeast of Lafayette MN. It traveled east for 3.5 miles and damaged the roof of a hog barn and produced crop damage along its path. The tornado was rated EF0. |
| August 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Bernadotte | - | A funnel cloud was observed for four minutes, but did not touch the ground near Bernadotte. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bernadotte | - | Few trees toppled. Corn and beans flattened. |
| June 1997 | Lightning | Bernadotte | - | Lightning struck tree, throwing chunks of wood airborne. One chunk broke a window on a nearby farmhouse. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Bernadotte | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bernadotte | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| New Sweden | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Klossner | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Poor Farm Landing | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Norseland | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Nicollet Landing | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Courtland | 13.1 miles | 9 | |
| Saint George | 13.1 miles | 9 |
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 Bernadotte | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4892831 | 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 639970. 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.