Dunvilla, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Dunn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56572. The Survey maps it on the Cormorant quadrangle. It stands 1,329 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1914 USGS Pelican Rapids quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Pelican Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Cormorant quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
In the county-history sources
47 words on this townshipOtter Tail County, Minnesota, in the World War;, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Dunn Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Dunn Township - 47 words.
Fires near this place
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Dunvilla between 1996 and 2020, burning about 358 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2016 | Smoking | 2.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunvilla in 21 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 8 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash 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 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Dunvilla | $600,000 | Intermittent tree damage occurred from the east side of Lake Lizzie to Dent. Power outages occurred from trees falling on power lines. On West McDonald Lake, a 30 foot mobile home was overturned against an oak tree that was split in half. A tree also fell on a boat, destroying it. At Spirit Lake, 20 trees were damaged at a resort, some falling on resort cabins. A dock was also damaged. At Hoffman Lake, property owners reportedly saw the tornado coming across the lake. Many trees fell on homes or other property. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Dunvilla | $400,000 | Many large trees were blown down and some blocked state highway 34. Four trees fell on a house on Tamarac Lake, where many other trees were blown down. On Pelican Lake, numerous oak trees were damaged. One oak tree fell on a roof. Trees also fell on a recreational vehicle and on several boats. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Dunvilla | $2,000 | Several sections of rural road in Dunn Township were flooded. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunvilla | - | Large tree branches were snapped, with a few trees blown down between Lake Lizzie, Pelican Lake, and Lake Melissa. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunvilla | - | Strong winds were reported. |
| July 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Dunvilla | - | A persistent wall cloud with multiple brief funnels were seen over the Dunvilla area. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunvilla | - | Several boat lifts were damaged. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Dunvilla | - | The large hail was accompanied by strong winds and very heavy rain. The winds tracked across the north end of Lake Lida. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Dunvilla | - | A large hailstones fell along with very heavy rain. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunvilla | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Dunvilla | - | Large branches were snapped off. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunvilla | - | A tree was blown down onto a house. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunvilla | - | Large branches were broken off trees. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunvilla | - | A portion of a lake home's roof was blown into Lake Lizzie. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunvilla | - | A house on Little Pelican Lake lost a portion of its roof. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Dunvilla | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Dunvilla | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Dunvilla | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Dunvilla | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Dunvilla | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Dunvilla | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear View | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Pelican Rapids | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Vergas | 11.2 miles | 16 | |
| Norwegian Grove | 11.5 miles | 11 | |
| Erhard | 13.0 miles | 10 | |
| Edwards | 14.8 miles | 12 | |
| Dent | 17.6 miles | 12 | |
| Luce | 19.3 miles | 12 |
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 Dunvilla | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5315794 | 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 642986. 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.






