BlockChurchill, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brookfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55342. The Survey maps it on the Churchill quadrangle. It stands 1,086 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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
- 1967 USGS Churchill quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Glencoe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
726 words on this townshipThe History of Renville County, Minnesota, published 1916 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Brookfield Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Brookfield Township - 726 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Churchill in 2015, burning about 40 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | BROOKFIELD WF |
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 Churchill: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heil Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Churchill in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2003: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Churchill | $6,000,000 | A wide swath of wind originated in Kandiyohi County and swept across Meeker, Renville and McLeod Counties. Numerous trees were downed, sheds and outbuildings blown over, several barns were flattened, and grain bins blown over. About 50 farmsteads were damaged across an approximate area of 30 to 40 square miles. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Churchill | - | The fifth and final tornado in two hours to hit the Buffalo Lake area touched down 7 miles north of Buffalo Lake, or 1.5 miles northeast of Churchill. It traveled straight north, occasionally downing trees. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Churchill | - | Large branches down. Estimated windspeed. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Churchill | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Churchill | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Churchill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hector | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lakeside | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Buffalo Lake | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Bird Island | 12.4 miles | 10 | |
| Olivia | 17.1 miles | 10 | |
| Fairfax | 20.1 miles | 9 | |
| Countryview Estates | 20.9 miles | 9 | |
| Danube | 22.7 miles | 9 |
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 Churchill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29641589 | 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 641221. 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.