BlockBig Bend City, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Big Bend Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56262. The Survey maps it on the Big Bend City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Big Bend City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Willmar quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Big Bend City in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2012: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Big Bend City | $100,000 | Several witness and the local law enforcement confirmed that a tornado touchdown approximately 3.0 miles southwest of Big Bend City, near Highway 40, and tracked southeast, for a half mile before lifting. Based on damage from a barn and grainery, the tornado was rated an EF0 with wind speeds of 75 mph. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bend City | - | Top of 18 inch diameter tree snapped off. Corn field flattened. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bend City | - | Top of eighteen inch diameter tree snapped off. Several other trees toppled and numerous branches severed in area. Corn field flattened. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Big Bend City | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Big Bend City | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bend City | - | 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 640078. 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.