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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1932 USGS Wabasha quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Wabasha quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 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
- 1974 USGS Wabasha South quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
5,784 words on this townshipHistory 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 1993Regional 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 burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 1994 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Pepin Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Wabasha Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Winona S & G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dumfries | $2,000 | Several 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 2012 | Hail | Dumfries | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Dumfries | - | Half dollar sized hail fell north of Dumfries. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Dumfries | - | Quarter sized hail fell near Wabasha. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Dumfries | - | County Road 81 was closed near the entrance to Kruger State Park due to flooding along the Zumbro River. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Dumfries | - | Nickel sized hail fell four miles west-southwest of Wabasha. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reads Landing | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Maple Springs | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Wabasha | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Theilman | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Conception | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Midland Junction | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Kellogg | 7.1 miles | 20 | |
| West Albany | 9.3 miles | 13 |
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.








