BlockEldred, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Roome Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56523. The Survey maps it on the Eldred quadrangle.
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.
- 1919 USGS Eldred quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eldred quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Crookston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
31 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eldred in 31 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 13 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Eldred | $50,000 | This tornado tracked intermittently to the northeast for about nine miles. A 30x40 foot wooden shed was completely blown off its foundation and destroyed in one farmyard. Numerous trees were snapped in shelterbelts along its path. Peak winds were estimated at 105 mph. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldred | $500 | A large tree was blown over. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldred | - | Thunderstorm wind gust measured 2 west Eldred. Mesonet station 211549 Eldred MN. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldred | - | Measured wind gust by NDAWN station 2 W of Eldred. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldred | - | NDAWN station 211549 2 miles west of Eldred MN. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldred | - | Mesonet station 211549 Eldred MN ndawn. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldred | - | Peak wind gust at 3 meters at the Eldred NDAWN. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldred | - | There was a 61 mph wind gust reported at the Eldred NDAWN site. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldred | - | NDAWN station at Eldred measures 59 mph wind gust. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Eldred | - | Hail report relayed via social media. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Eldred | - | The report was relayed via social media. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldred | - | Large ash and cottonwood branches were blown down in a shelterbelt. Time was estimated based on radar. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldred | - | Trees and power lines were blown over. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldred | - | Several 4 to 6 inch diameter branches were blown down in shelterbelts in northeast Tynsid and northwest Roome townships. |
| July 2014 | Tornado (EF2) | Eldred | - | The tornado, which was wrapped in heavy rains and damaging downburst winds, tracked from near Eldred, through the south side of Crookston, through Gentilly, where it crossed into Red Lake County and ended about eight miles east-southeast of Red Lake Falls. The tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees along its path, tore sections of roofing off of buildings and residences, tumbled empty rail cars, and snapped power poles along its nearly 38 mile path (about 25 miles in Polk County). Peak winds were estimated at 120 mph. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Eldred | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell on and off along with very heavy rain. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Eldred | - | Dime to nickel sized hail fell. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldred | - | The wind gust was measured by the Eldred NDSU NDAWN mesonet site. |
| August 2007 | Tornado (EF2) | Eldred | - | This tornado touched down at 9 pm CST about 7 miles east-northeast of Reynolds, North Dakota (in Grand Forks County). It crossed the Red River into western Polk County at about 904 pm CST. The total tornado path length was about 5 miles, and about 3 miles of the total occurred in Tynsid Township in Polk County. The tornado destroyed a steel pole shed and a wooden quonset at one farmstead with significant tree damage at other locations nearby. Peak winds were estimated at 120 mph. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldred | - | The wind gust was measured by an NDAWN wind sensor. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Eldred | - | The hail fell near the Red River. |
| June 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Eldred | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Eldred | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Eldred | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Eldred | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Eldred | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Eldred | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Eldred | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Eldred | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Eldred | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Eldred | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climax | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Girard | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Fisher | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Ross | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Wilds | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Freeman | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Crookston Junction | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Carman Terrace | 10.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 643235. 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.