Bricelyn, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Seely Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56014. The Survey maps it on the Bricelyn quadrangle. 348 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,181 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBricelyn fell from 365 to 348 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 | 365 | |
| 2020 | 348 | -17 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Bricelyn quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Bricelyn quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Albert Lea quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,330 words on this townshipThe History of Faribault County, Minnesota : from Its First Settlement to the Close of the Year 1879 : the Story of the Pioneers, published 1896 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Seely Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Seely Township - 1,330 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bricelyn: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Olman Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bricelyn in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Bricelyn | - | A NWS storm survey indicated that a EF1 tornado touched down just northwest of Bricelyn, and moved northeast, damaging a campground at Rice Lake, then it moved just north of I-90 before lifting. Several camper trailers were overturned or lofted, numerous trees were uprooted or broken, several sheds were damaged, and one barn collapsed. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Bricelyn | - | Tornado moved across open fields. Recorded on video and photo by multiple chasers. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Bricelyn | - | Tornado moved across open fields. Recorded on video by chasers. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bricelyn | - | Roof damage; large branches down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bricelyn | - | Several trees down. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bricelyn | - | The WFS elevator facility in Bricelyn sustained some of the most substantial damage. Winds blew down a small part of the top of the west elevator, causing some electrical lines to spark. Large branches downed elsewhere in Bricelyn. As reported by the Courier-Sentinel newspaper. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Bricelyn | - | Many area homes suffered broken windows, some of which allowed the hail to enter home interiors. Some cars received dimpled exteriors due to hail. Some information provided by the Kiester Courier-Sentinel newspaper. |
| October 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bricelyn | - | Large branches down, trees felled, and a few power lines down. |
| October 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bricelyn | - | Power lines down. Ten to twelve foot trees down, trees in power lines. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bricelyn | - | Tree downed, brushing house. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bricelyn | - | Large branches down. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Bricelyn | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Bricelyn | - | no account filed |
| October 2005 | Hail | Bricelyn | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Bricelyn | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bricelyn | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bricelyn | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Bricelyn | - | 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 Bricelyn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2334020 | 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 640470. 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.
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.





