Carmody, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Dalbo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55017. The Survey maps it on the Dalbo quadrangle. It stands 984 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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 Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Dalbo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Dalbo quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Carmody between 1992 and 2020, burning about 235 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.3 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Carmody: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Peat. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isanti County Peat Bogs | Peat | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carmody in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Hail | Carmody | $50,000 | A swath of large hail, up to golf ball size, continued into Isanti County from west of Day, to the far northeast corner near Braham. Vehicles were reported damage from the hail stones. |
| July 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Carmody | $50,000 | An EF-0 tornado continued southeast across northwest Isanti County, before turning directly south along County Road 58 west of Dalbo, and north of Carmody, Minnesota. The tornado ended less than a half mile north of South Stanchfield Lake. The most intense damage occurred along County Road 58 where concentrated tree damage was present, along with a resident garage which was shifted off its foundation. Another resident had small structure damage to shingles or roof damage. Two trailers at this residences slid a short distance, while one of the trailers flipped over. Maximum wind speeds were 70 to 80 mph along with a path length of approximately 5 miles. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmody | - | Scattered downburst wind damage occurred in much of Dalbo Township, northwest of the town of Dalbo. Damage was confined to trees and crops. The most concentrated damage occurred north of County Road 13, near 389th Avenue Northwest, eastward to Xenon Street Northwest. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carmody | - | Wind damage across a 7 mile wide swath of Northern Isanti County, from the Mille Lacs County Line to near the Chisago County line two miles East of Stanchfield. Numerous trees and power lines down. One house sustained significant damage in Section 8 of Dalbo Township. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalbo | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Wyanett | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Brook | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Day | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| West Point | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Springvale | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Walbo | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Spencer Brook | 9.1 miles | 12 |
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 Carmody | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5043729 | 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 654630. 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.
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.








