Emmons, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Emmons City. It lies in ZIP code area 56029. The Survey maps it on the Emmons quadrangle. 367 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,289 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEmmons fell from 391 to 367 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 | 391 | |
| 2020 | 367 | -24 (-6%) |
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.
- 1954 USGS Albert Lea quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Emmons quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Albert Lea quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Emmons in 2012, burning about 200 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 November 2012 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Emmons: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. 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
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emmons in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmons | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds caused minor roof damage and blew down an abandoned and derelict barn. Fourteen trees were also damaged. |
| August 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Emmons | - | A tornado hit some farms in southwestern Freeborn County. At its outset, a garden shed was destroyed and another farm shed lost part of its roof. Midway along its path, two metal sheds were destroyed and another shed lost its roof. One grain bin was destroyed and another had its side dented in. Many trees were uprooted or had trunks snapped. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmons | - | A mobile anemometer recorded a wind gust of 60 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmons | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down near Emmons, Minnesota. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmons | - | Roof damage to barn. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmons | - | Barns blown down. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Emmons | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Emmons | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Emmons | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Emmons | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Emmons | - | no account filed |
| October 2005 | Hail | Emmons | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Emmons | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Emmons | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Lakes | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Mansfield | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Conger | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Stoney Creek Estates | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| Murtaugh | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Armstrong | 11.3 miles | 10 | |
| Albert Lea | 11.9 miles | 10 | |
| Glenville | 12.0 miles | 10 |
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 Emmons | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2230918 | 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 659990. 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.





