BlockBongards, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55368. The Survey maps it on the Waconia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Waconia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Waconia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Bongards between 2003 and 2007, burning about 252 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 November 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 52 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 October 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | BENTON TOWNSHIP FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bongards in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bongards | $2,000 | Several large tree limbs were blown down, one caused damage to a telephone pole. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Bongards | - | The tornado mostly crossed fields, but did hit a couple stands of trees, breaking large branches. The maximum estimated wind speed was 70 mph. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Bongards | - | This tornado broke or uprooted dozens of trees. It hit one farm, damaging several outbuildings. Roof panels were removed, the door was blown off a large shed, and other damage was noted per drone imagery. The drone imagery also helped indicate the location of some of the tree damage. An old barn also collapsed. The start of the tornado was estimated based on a distant view from drone video. The maximum estimated wind speed was 85 mph. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bongards | - | An eight inch diameter tree was blown down east of Norwood Young America. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Bongards | - | Hail covered the ground and in some places drifts were up to knee deep. Reported by the Waconia Patriot newspaper. Extensive leaf loss on crops was reported around Cologne by David Nicolai, a Regional Extension Educator in crops with the University of Minnesota Extension Service. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bongards | - | Tractor trailer blown over on Hwy. 212. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cologne | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Benton | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Young America (historical) | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Faxon Court | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hydes Lake | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Norwood Young America | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Norwood (historical) | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Gotha | 4.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 640364. 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.