Elrosa, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lake George Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56312. The Survey maps it on the Elrosa quadrangle. 213 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,312 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresElrosa grew from 211 to 213 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 | 211 | |
| 2020 | 213 | +2 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Elrosa quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS St. Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
268 words on this townshipHistory of Stearns County, Minnesota, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Lake George Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Lake George Township - 268 words.
Fires near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Elrosa between 2000 and 2001, burning about 8 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 October 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 January 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elrosa in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2017: 3 tornado, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elrosa | $500,000 | A large shed lost part of its roof, a grain bin was dented in, other outbuildings were damaged, a few dozen trees were broken, and a few cornfields were damaged. This was all southeast of a tornado that tracked from west to northeast of Elrosa, and was deemed to be due to rear flank downdraft winds. |
| May 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Elrosa | $100,000 | Several spotters and storm chasers observed a tornado touch down approximately 2 miles southwest of Elrosa, and moved northeast across the southeast part of town. The tornado was rated an EF0, with top winds of 85 mph. The tornado demolished a mobile home, toppled trees (one of the trees landed on top of a wood working shop), and it also blew out a garage door. |
| September 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Elrosa | - | A tornado touched down on the edge of a corn field and moved east-northeast, missing the city of Elrosa by less than a mile. However, it hit several farms, including one where several metal sheds were destroyed. The tornado also knocked down or uprooted many trees and also severely damaged crops, especially corn that was ready for harvest. |
| July 2016 | Heavy Rain | Elrosa | - | A measured rainfall report of 4.20 inches occurred near Elrosa. |
| July 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Elrosa | - | Brief touchdown in an open field was videotaped by a trained spotter and viewed by multiple eyewitnesses. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elrosa | - | One four foot diameter tree toppled. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Elrosa | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Elrosa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwald | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Meire Grove | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Spring Hill | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Padua | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Belgrade | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Georgeville | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Brooten | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lake Henry | 10.7 miles | 8 |
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 Elrosa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2046681 | 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 643318. 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.




