BlockDennison, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dennison City. It lies in ZIP code area 55018. The Survey maps it on the Dennison quadrangle. 223 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 971 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 Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Dennison quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Faribault quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dennison: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Faith Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kielmeyer Rice Co Ls Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wheeling Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dennison in 11 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennison | $3,000 | A roof was blown off a shed on the north side of Dennison. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | Dennison | - | Nearly 3 to 4 inches of rain fell in southern Goodhue county. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Dennison | - | Hail shredded leaves on trees. |
| September 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Dennison | - | This is the continued tornado track from the Rice County tornado that moved an additional 0.6 miles northeast into Goodhue County. A storm survey, and drone footage, concluded that damage was associated with uprooted trees along the Rice, Goodhue county line, with a flattened corn field to the northeast of the uprooted trees. The damage was consistent with EF1 damage with maximum wind speeds of 90 mph and a width of 100 yards. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennison | - | A NWS storm survey concluded that damaging downburst winds, up to 110 mph, occurred north of Dennison. Damage was consistent with 110 mph as a cement silo was blown off its foundation. Other damage was associated with large trees and power poles blown down. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Dennison | - | NWS damage survey confirmed a weak tornado. It mostly crossed open fields, but did knock down several dozen trees, and caused minor structural damage at two farms. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennison | - | Trees were downed. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Dennison | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Dennison | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Dennison | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Dennison | - | 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.
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 Dennison | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2230942 | 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 642770. 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.
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.