BlockElkton, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elkton City. It lies in ZIP code area 55933. The Survey maps it on the Dexter quadrangle. 130 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,394 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresElkton fell from 141 to 130 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 | 141 | |
| 2020 | 130 | -11 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dexter quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Elkton: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemnermeiter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Koball Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elkton in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Elkton | $30,000 | Flood waters from Rose Creek inundated Jellystone Campground east of Austin. A pedestrian bridge was severely damaged. The majority of the campers and RVs in the park were moved to safety, but a few vehicles did suffer some water damage. Highway shoulders in the area were washed out and some secondary roads were closed by the high water. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkton | - | An estimated 79 mph wind gust occurred in Elkton. |
| June 2020 | Flood | Elkton | - | Runoff from heavy rains pushed Rose Creek out of its banks southwest of Dexter. The flood waters covered a portion of County Road 20 near the intersection with Interstate 90. |
| June 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Elkton | - | A funnel cloud was sighted south of Elkton. |
| September 2010 | Heavy Rain | Elkton | - | Total rainfall through the storm was 6.05 inches. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Elkton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Renova | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Adams | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Rose Creek | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Grand Meadow | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Taopi | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Nicolville | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Brownsdale | 10.1 miles | 9 |
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 Elkton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q630029 | 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 643270. 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.
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.