Conception, Minnesota
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Highland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55945. The Survey maps it on the Wabasha South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1932 USGS Wabasha quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Wabasha quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Wabasha South quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
689 words on this townshipHistory of Wabasha County : Together with Biographical Matter, Statistics, Etc. : Gathered from Matter Furnished by Interviews with Old Settlers, County, Township, and Other Records, and Extracts from Files of Papers, Pamphlets, and Such Other Sources As Have Been Available : Also a History of Winona County, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Highland Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Highland Township - 689 words.
Fires near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Conception between 1993 and 2017, burning about 31 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 May 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conception in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Hail | Conception | $150,000 | Hail up to 2.5 inches in diameter fell near Conception. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Conception | $35,000 | Hail up to two inches in diameter fell west of Kellogg. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Conception | $15,000 | A small, short-lived tornado damaged some corn, removed the tops off of two silos, blew in garage doors and moved tires off a sileage pile. |
| June 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Conception | - | Two very brief funnel clouds were sighted southwest of Kellogg. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Conception | - | Golf ball sized hail fell between Kellogg and Plainview. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Conception | - | Nickel size hail fell four miles north-northeast of Plainview. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Conception | - | Hail the size of nickels was reported. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Conception | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Conception | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Conception | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Conception | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theilman | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Dumfries | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Kellogg | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Midland Junction | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Plainview | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wabasha | 9.1 miles | 16 | |
| Reads Landing | 9.6 miles | 16 | |
| West Albany | 9.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654652. 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.
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.








