Dudley, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clifton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56258. The Survey maps it on the Dudley quadrangle. It stands 1,148 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dudley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Tracy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
458 words on this townshipHistory of Lyon County, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Clifton Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Clifton Township - 458 words.
Fires near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Dudley between 2012 and 2013, burning about 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 December 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dudley: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dudley in 13 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Hail | Dudley | - | Hail lasted for around 10 minutes, with a few stones up to half-dollar size. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dudley | - | Thunderstorm winds took down several 3-to-4-inch branches, and damaged 5 acres of beans. |
| July 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Dudley | - | A wall cloud produced a brief funnel cloud. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dudley | - | Video of outdoor children play-set knocked over. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Dudley | - | Hail was accompanied by 60 mph wind gusts. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dudley | - | Thunderstorm winds caused an unknown amount of tree damage. The winds were accompanied by three quarter inch diameter hail. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Dudley | - | Large hail caused minor damage to corn crops. The amount of crop damage would depend on the degree of future recovery and could not be determined. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Dudley | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Dudley | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dudley | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Dudley | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Dudley | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Dudley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village Park | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Garvin Park | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Marshall | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Amiret | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Green Valley | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Lynd | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Ghent | 12.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cottonwood | 12.7 miles | 9 |
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 Dudley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19881065 | 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 654678. 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.





