BlockDorothy, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Louisville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56750. The Survey maps it on the Dorothy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1918 USGS Red Lake Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Red Lake Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Dorothy quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Crookston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Dorothy between 2010 and 2012, burning about 1,040 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 740 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this place
26 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dorothy in 26 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 14 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Dorothy | 1 hurt | This tornado tracked northeastward for roughly 2 miles. The tornado blew a parked semi tractor-trailer rig off the highway and injured the driver. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorothy | $30,000 | A barn roof was torn off and thrown in a nearby ditch, damaging the top of a silo as it went by. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Dorothy | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorothy | $500 | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Dorothy | - | Winds also gusted to around 50 mph. |
| July 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Dorothy | - | The tornado began in Polk County, and tracked intermittently for about five miles to two miles southeast of Dorothy, in Red Lake County. The tornado blew down numerous large trees in shelterbelts, rolled a horse trailer, blew apart a calf shed, and blew down a hay shed. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorothy | - | Several four to six inch diameter tree branches were broken down in shelterbelts. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorothy | - | Four to five inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. Powerlines were also knocked down. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Dorothy | - | The hail fell near the Red lake and Pennington county line. |
| July 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Dorothy | - | A persistent wall cloud with developing funnel was observed moving to the south-southeast. A touchdown occurred later east of Huot. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorothy | - | The end walls were blown out of a pole shed. Numerous large trees were snapped off or uprooted. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Dorothy | - | This tornado originated 6 miles southeast of Euclid in Polk county. It tracked for about a mile in Red Lake county, snapping off trees in shelterbelts. Estimated peak winds were 110 mph. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Dorothy | - | Water was reported over many roads in the Dorothy area. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Dorothy | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Dorothy | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Dorothy | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Dorothy | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Dorothy | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Dorothy | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Dorothy | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Dorothy | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Dorothy | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Dorothy | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Dorothy | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Dorothy | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Dorothy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huot | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wylie | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Red Lake Falls | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Perault | 11.5 miles | 10 | |
| Delorme | 14.0 miles | 10 | |
| Terrebonne | 17.9 miles | 10 | |
| Plummer | 21.5 miles | 10 | |
| Brooks | 24.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 642897. 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.