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Clotho, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Burleene Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56347. The Survey maps it on the Clotho quadrangle.

Clotho within Todd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Clotho between 1992 and 2016, burning about 710 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning21
Arson/incendiarism8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 September 2007Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 June 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 1992Debris and open burning85 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 May 2008Debris and open burning4.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 May 2009Debris and open burning8.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 May 2013Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Todd County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Clotho: 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Peterson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stueve PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stueve PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Todd County

Storms near this place

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clotho in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022Thunderstorm WindClotho$100,000A shed and old barn collapsed. Several dozen trees were also broken. Damage was most likely due to a downburst per the NWS survey. Time was estimated based on radar.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindClotho-A metal roof was blown off a barn, which then collapsed. Siding was ripped off some outbuildings. About one dozen trees were felled. A 2x4 was driven through the fiberglass of a boat and other items were blown around a farm. It was inconclusive whether this was from downburst or a QLCS tornado. Time estimated based on radar and a storm photo from a local resident.
June 2016HailClotho-Most of the hail was less than 3/4 of an inch.
July 2004HailClotho-Penny to nickel sized hail flattened a garden and chipped paint off a home.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindClotho-Scattered trees down.
June 2024HailClotho-no account filed
June 2016HailClotho-no account filed
August 2015HailClotho-no account filed
August 2015HailClotho-no account filed
May 2011HailClotho-no account filed
June 2006HailClotho-no account filed
June 2001HailClotho-no account filed
August 1997HailClotho-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindClotho-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Todd County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Gutches Grove6.8 miles8
Clarissa9.1 miles9
Long Prairie9.9 miles9
Eagle Bend10.0 miles9
Browerville10.4 miles9
Round Prairie11.5 miles8
Little Sauk12.6 miles8
West Union15.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654646. 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.