Cummingsville, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Orion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55923. The Survey maps it on the Washington quadrangle. It stands 1,014 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.
- 1954 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Stewartville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Washington quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Cummingsville between 1997 and 2007, burning about 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Cummingsville: 9 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willey Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Allen Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Baker A Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Baker B Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Baker Mine | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Bernard Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| D O Dar<Tello | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Krueger Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| L Plenge Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lowrie Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cummingsville in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Flood | Cummingsville | $3,550,000 | Flooding occurred on most of the rivers, streams, and creeks throughout the county. Water caused at least 20 road closures throughout the county, which included U.S. Highway 52 north of Oronoco as well as County Roads 105, 14, 31, 18, 5 and 133. Seven of the roads were damaged, 3 of which saw extensive damage. Two vehicles tried driving across a water covered road in Oronoco and were swept away. The people in the vehicles were rescued safely. Across the county, 81 homes incurred major damage, while 10 homes had minor damage. Of those 91 homes with damage, 50 occurred in the city of Oronoco. In the city of Eyota, the sewer system was full and many homes had water in their basements. A small subdivision in Rochester was evacuated due to rising water, while the majority of the Meadow Lakes Golf Course in southeast Rochester was underwater. The rain began the afternoon of the 22nd, with the majority falling by 6 a.m. CST on the 23rd. Rainfall amounts across the county as of 6 a.m. CST on the 23rd included 4.68 inches in Rochester, 4.54 inches near the Rochester Airport, 3.66 inches at the Maple Valley Golf Course, 3.47 inches at Dover, and 3.24 inches near Elgin. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cummingsville | $80,000 | A large farm building was blown down southwest of Cummingsville. |
| September 2000 | Hail | Cummingsville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Cummingsville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cummingsville | - | An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred west of Chatfield. |
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.
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 Cummingsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22033919 | 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 654659. 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.





