Chandler, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chandler City. It lies in ZIP code area 56122. The Survey maps it on the Chandler quadrangle. 279 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,660 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresChandler grew from 270 to 279 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 | 270 | |
| 2020 | 279 | +9 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Chandler quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Worthington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Chandler: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ginn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chandler in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 11 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flood. 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 2024 | Flood | Chandler | $2,300,000 | Rainfall amounts across Murray County from June 20-22 ranged from 4 to 8 inches. This rainfall resulted in overland flooding and major flooding along the West Fork Des Moines River. ||County-wide, 132 homes were damaged, three of which were declared destroyed. Many homes in the cities of Slayton and Fulda reported wastewater backup in their basements. Numerous roads and culverts were damaged with State Highway 30 closed at one point between Dovray and Westbrook. Preliminary assessments estimate loss to private property to be near 1 million dollars and 1.3 million dollars to public infrastructure. ||The majority of overland flooding subsided by June 23, but river flooding continued through the end of the month. For additional information on river flooding, please see other flood entries for Murray County. |
| September 2019 | Flood | Chandler | $100,000 | Numerous county and township roads were under water. Multiple homes were impacted by water in Slayton, Avoca and Chandler. Property damage costs are rough estimates. Flooding also resulted in crop losses across the area. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chandler | $50,000 | A hoop barn was destroyed by thunderstorm winds, along with doors and roof ripped off a machine shed. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chandler | $25,000 | Portions of two barn roofs were removed by thunderstorm winds. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chandler | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds flipped an old shed toward the north. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chandler | $4,000 | Several large trees were snapped or uprooted by thunderstorm winds. Property damage costs are a rough estimate. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chandler | - | Multiple small tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chandler | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted and snapped several large trees. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chandler | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous 4 to 6 inch diameter tree limbs. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Chandler | - | Water was flowing over the road near the intersection of 71st St. and 30th Avenue. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Chandler | - | A brief tornado caused no reported damage. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chandler | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including up to 8 inch diameter branches blown down. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Chandler | - | Large hail damaged crops. The amount of crop damage was not known. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Chandler | - | Large hail covered the ground and caused damage to the siding and windows of houses. The amount of damage was not known. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Chandler | - | Approximately 28,000 acres of crops were destroyed by hail and high winds across Murray County |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chandler | - | Approximately 28,000 acres of crops were destroyed by hail and high winds across Murray County |
| June 1994 | Hail | Chandler | - | Approximately 28,000 acres of crops were destroyed by hail and high winds across Murray County |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Chandler | - | A tornado downed several trees and damaged several farm buildings. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Chandler | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Chandler | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Chandler | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Chandler | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Chandler | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Chandler | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Chandler | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Wilson | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Hadley | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Iona | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Lowville | 10.4 miles | 11 | |
| Slayton | 10.9 miles | 7 | |
| Wirock | 13.2 miles | 7 | |
| Current Lake | 14.5 miles | 9 | |
| Avoca | 16.0 miles | 7 |
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 Chandler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1926722 | 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 641100. 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.



