Elizabeth, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Elizabeth City. It lies in ZIP code area 56533. The Survey maps it on the Elizabeth quadrangle. 168 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,250 feet above sea level.
On record in Elizabeth
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Elizabeth Village Hall and Jaillisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresElizabeth fell from 173 to 168 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 173 | |
| 2020 | 168 | -5 (-3%) |
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.
- 1913 USGS Fergus Falls quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Elizabeth quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wahpeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Elizabeth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 83 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 1992 | Smoking | 2.5 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | WILDUNG |
| 14 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | SCRIBNERW |
| 29 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | WILDUNG |
| 25 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Elizabeth: 2 producers. All of them 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.
Storms near this place
23 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elizabeth in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 13 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | $300,000 | Roofs were blown off turkey barns, trees were uprooted, and a barn was leveled. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | $50,000 | The wind knocked down ten inch diameter branches. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | Hail ranged from the size of quarters to the size of half-dollars, and lasted from 0826 to 0830CDT. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | - | Several 4 to 8 inch diameter branches were broken down in farmstead shelter belts across Oscar Township. Time estimated based on radar. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | - | Pole shed roofing and trusses were torn up. Ash and spruce trees were broken. Time estimated based on radar and nearby wind sensor reports. A couple of nearby power poles were cracked. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | - | Large trees were blown down. A tree branch broke through the roof and ceiling of a home on Jewett Lake. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | The hail occurred near Long Lake. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Elizabeth | - | This tornado was viewed from near Elizabeth. The tornado snapped numerous large tree branches and limbs along its path. Peak winds were estimated at 85 mph. |
| September 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Elizabeth | - | Two cold core funnels were viewed north of Elizabeth. The funnels stayed high, near the cloud base. No touchdowns were observed. |
| June 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Elizabeth | - | The tornado touched down just south of county road 10 to the west of Elizabeth and tracked north-northeast about 6 miles to about 2 miles south of Erhard. Several trees were torn down and a few power poles were snapped. Spotters noted that the tornado was up and down along this path. The tornado crossed Highway 59 about 2.7 miles north of Elizabeth. Peak winds were estimated at 90 to 95 mph. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | The hail occurred along the Wilkin/Otter Tail county line. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | - | A 10 inch diameter tree was blown down across a road and grain bins were heavily damaged. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | The large hail significantly damaged a house and car. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | The large hail damaged homes, buildings, vehicles, and crops. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Elizabeth | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| River Bluff Estates | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeview Estates | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Fergus Falls | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| French | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Erhard | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Edwards | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Wall Lake | 10.7 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 Elizabeth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2230861 | 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 643253. 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.





