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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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
- 1966 USGS Douglas quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 1992 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Douglas | $1,900,000 | An 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 2011 | Flood | Douglas | $25,000 | Widespread street flooding was reported in Rochester with some streets under 1 to 2 feet of water. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglas | $1,000 | A tree was uprooted on the northwest side of Rochester. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglas | $750 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Douglas | - | The public reported quarter sized hail about 3 miles south-southeast of Douglas. The reported was relayed via mPING. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Douglas | - | Emergency management reported penny sized hail 3 miles east-southeast of Douglas. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglas | - | An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred south of Oronoco. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Douglas | - | On the northwest side of Rochester, a mesonet station measured 2.95 inches of rain. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Douglas | - | Quarter sized hail was reported on the northwest side of Rochester. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Douglas | - | Ping pong ball sized hail fell on the northwest side of Rochester. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Douglas | - | Half dollar sized hail fell on the northwest side of Rochester. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Douglas | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported on the northwest side of Rochester. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Douglas | - | Quarter sized hail was reported on the northwest side of Rochester. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglas | - | A wind gust of 62 miles per hour was measured at the KTTC television studio. |
| July 2011 | Flood | Douglas | - | Water covered parts of U.S. Highway 52 at the exit for 75th Street NW in Rochester. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Douglas | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Douglas | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Douglas | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Douglas | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Douglas | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Douglas | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Douglas | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglas | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Douglas | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Douglas | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genoa | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Oronoco Estates | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Post Town | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Oronoco | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Danesville | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Byron | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Hallmark Terrace | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Zumbro Ridge Estates | 6.7 miles | 18 |
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.






