BlockEchols, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Long Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56081. The Survey maps it on the Saint James West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS St James West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Echols in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2015: 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Echols | $500,000 | The tornado developed near Mary's Lake and moved across corn and bean fields before striking a farmstead just northwest of County Roads 10 and 27. Nearly empty grain bins were dented, sheds demolished, and a 32 foot camper was destroyed. A house lost its garage, part of its roof, and was pushed off its foundation. A large vehicle was also pushed a couple of hundred feet. Shortly after hitting the farmstead, it veered southeast into some fields, where it dissipated. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Echols | $100,000 | A landspout-type tornado briefly occurred north of Ormsby. A storage building and some piles of tiling were damaged as the tornado hit a construction business. The tornado was photographed or recorded on video by several people. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Echols | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint James Place | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Saint James | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Odin | 5.4 miles | 6 | |
| Butterfield | 6.8 miles | 6 | |
| South Branch | 7.2 miles | 6 | |
| Grogan | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sveadahl | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| La Salle | 11.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654684. 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.
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.