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Dumfries, Minnesota

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Glasgow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55981. It lies near Hope Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Wabasha South quadrangle.

Dumfries within Wabasha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

In the county-history sources

5,784 words on this township

History of Wabasha County : Together with Biographical Matter, Statistics, Etc. : Gathered from Matter Furnished by Interviews with Old Settlers, County, Township, and Other Records, and Extracts from Files of Papers, Pamphlets, and Such Other Sources As Have Been Available : Also a History of Winona County, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Glasgow Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Glasgow Township - 5,784 words.

Fires near this place

4 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Dumfries between 1993 and 2013, burning about 16 acres 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
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
16 May 1993Recreation and ceremony12 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 1994Smoking2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wabasha County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dumfries: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lake Pepin Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Wabasha Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Winona S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wabasha County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dumfries in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDumfries$2,000Several 10 to 12 inch diameter trees were snapped off by high winds west of Wabasha along County Road 30. A few tree limbs were also blown down in the city of Wabasha and the power was out in parts of the city for about 30 minutes.
May 2012HailDumfries$2,000no account filed
May 2021HailDumfries-Half dollar sized hail fell north of Dumfries.
June 2021HailDumfries-Quarter sized hail fell near Wabasha.
April 2013FloodDumfries-County Road 81 was closed near the entrance to Kruger State Park due to flooding along the Zumbro River.
August 2012HailDumfries-Nickel sized hail fell four miles west-southwest of Wabasha.

Every storm recorded in Wabasha 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
Reads Landing4.5 miles16
Maple Springs5.0 miles15
Wabasha5.3 miles16
Theilman5.4 miles15
Conception5.5 miles15
Midland Junction6.5 miles15
Kellogg7.1 miles20
West Albany9.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654682. 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.