BlockCollis, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Tara Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56236. The Survey maps it on the Dumont quadrangle. It stands 1,066 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1950 USGS Graceville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Dumont quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Collis in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 11 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Flood | Collis | - | The West Branch of 12 Mile Creek at Dumont went into flood on the evening of April 13th, cresting 1.97 feet above flood stage on the evening of April 15th. Agricultural lands were impacted. Flood waters inundated the city of Dumont sewer system causing water to back up into streets and basements. |
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Collis | - | A tornado was on the groud for just shy of one mile causing minor damage to two farmsteads. The first farm had an uprooted tree, tree branches down and sheet metal tossed around the farmyard. The second farm, which was located about one half mile to the northeast, reported damage to roof and walls of a pole barn and large tree branches broken. |
| July 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Collis | - | Two brief funnel clouds were reported north of Johnson. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collis | - | Large tree branches were downed by sixty-five mph winds. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Collis | - | A resident watched a tornado touchdown in an open field before moving over their farmstead. Minor damage to a garage door and garage siding occurred along with multiple uprooted trees and snapped trunks. Tree limbs and branches were tossed in multiple directions. |
| June 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Collis | - | A tornado touched down briefly to the northeast of Barry with no damage reported. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Collis | - | Quarter size hail along with strong winds resulted in crop damage. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collis | - | Seventy mph winds downed a twelve inch diameter tree. |
| July 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Collis | - | The tornado touched down in a corn field near Collis and traveled slowly southeast through a tree grove. The tornado damaged the corn along with many trees with several trees uprooted. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Collis | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Collis | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Collis | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Collis | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Collis | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Collis | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Collis | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Collis | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collis | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Collis | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collis | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Collis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dumont | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Wheaton | 11.6 miles | 9 | |
| Dakomin | 14.1 miles | 13 | |
| Boisberg | 20.2 miles | 13 | |
| Browns Valley | 21.9 miles | 13 | |
| Charlesville | 22.5 miles | 9 | |
| Tintah | 25.6 miles | 8 |
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 Collis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22033807 | 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 654650. 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.
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.