BlockCambria, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Cambria Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56073. It stands on Morgan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cambria quadrangle.
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
- 1965 USGS Cambria quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Cambria between 2007 and 2012, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2012 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cambria in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Cambria | - | Several roads were underwater across northwest Blue Earth County, including 206th, 105th, and 494th. A mudslide occurred at Highway 68 and County Road 42 at Judson, it was the result of the water flowing out of a drainage ditch/creek, 1/2 mile south on 42 that overflowed its banks where it turns and crosses County Road 42. It rushed through corn and hay fields carrying mud, parts of trees and deep fast moving water. On the west side it knocked flat a swath of shoulder high corn to pool along 68 and 42 because the culvert under hwy 68 couldn't handle the flow. There were other roads across northern and western parts of Blue Earth County, but the flooding was not as severe. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Cambria | - | Numerous roads were closed for several days due to snow melt, and the flood waters that develop from it. Rapidly runoff led to impassable roads, especially along streams and creeks along county roads. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cambria | - | A tree was blown down across a road in Cambria. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Cambria | - | Apple Road south of Highway 68 was closed due to a mudslide and area residents had basement flooding. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cambria | - | A roof was blown off and power lines were down in the town of Cambria. |
| March 1998 | Tornado (F4) | Cambria | - | See Brown county discussion. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Cambria | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Cambria | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Cambria | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Cambria | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Cambria | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Cambria | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judson | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Butternut | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Rambush Estates II | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Crystal | 10.5 miles | 12 | |
| Perth | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Garden City | 15.4 miles | 12 | |
| LeHillier | 16.0 miles | 13 | |
| Rapidan | 16.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 640787. 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.