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Douglas, Minnesota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Kalmar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55960. The Survey maps it on the Douglas quadrangle.

Douglas within Olmsted County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Douglas in 1992, burning about 1 acre 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
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
31 May 1992Smoking1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Olmsted County

Storms near this place

25 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Douglas in 25 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 16 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Tornado (EF1)Douglas$1,900,000An EF1 tornado produced intermittent damage starting near 50th Ave NW just south of the Northern Hills Golf Course northeast almost to the intersection of 55th St NW and and 23rd Ave NW in the city of Rochester. The path of the tornado took it through a residential area where several homes were damaged. It also struck a Menards store doing extensive damage before dissipating a few minutes later. According to media reports, the tornado damaged at least 30 homes, one of which was destroyed.
July 2011FloodDouglas$25,000Widespread street flooding was reported in Rochester with some streets under 1 to 2 feet of water.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindDouglas$1,000A tree was uprooted on the northwest side of Rochester.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindDouglas$750no account filed
April 2026HailDouglas-The public reported quarter sized hail about 3 miles south-southeast of Douglas. The reported was relayed via mPING.
April 2025HailDouglas-Emergency management reported penny sized hail 3 miles east-southeast of Douglas.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindDouglas-An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred south of Oronoco.
July 2019Heavy RainDouglas-On the northwest side of Rochester, a mesonet station measured 2.95 inches of rain.
April 2017HailDouglas-Quarter sized hail was reported on the northwest side of Rochester.
April 2017HailDouglas-Ping pong ball sized hail fell on the northwest side of Rochester.
April 2017HailDouglas-Half dollar sized hail fell on the northwest side of Rochester.
April 2017HailDouglas-Half dollar sized hail was reported on the northwest side of Rochester.
April 2017HailDouglas-Quarter sized hail was reported on the northwest side of Rochester.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDouglas-A wind gust of 62 miles per hour was measured at the KTTC television studio.
July 2011FloodDouglas-Water covered parts of U.S. Highway 52 at the exit for 75th Street NW in Rochester.
May 2022HailDouglas-no account filed
May 2018HailDouglas-no account filed
June 2018HailDouglas-no account filed
June 2018HailDouglas-no account filed
May 2017HailDouglas-no account filed
April 2017HailDouglas-no account filed
May 2015HailDouglas-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindDouglas-no account filed
May 2004HailDouglas-no account filed
May 2002HailDouglas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Olmsted County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Genoa1.8 miles12
Oronoco Estates3.2 miles12
Post Town3.7 miles11
Oronoco4.5 miles11
Danesville5.7 miles11
Byron6.4 miles11
Hallmark Terrace6.5 miles18
Zumbro Ridge Estates6.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 642905. 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.