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Erhard, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Erhard City. It lies in ZIP code area 56534. The Survey maps it on the Erhard quadrangle. 132 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,283 feet above sea level.

Erhard within Otter Tail County

Population over time

2 figures

Erhard fell from 148 to 132 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.

YearPeople Change
2010148
2020132-16 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Erhard between 1994 and 2019, burning about 183 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictJ.I. CASE
22 May 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictPELICAN VALLEY
22 April 2019Debris and open burning11 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictERHARDWPA
14 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictERHARDS GROVE EAST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otter Tail County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Erhard: 1 producer. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pelican Ready Mix Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Otter Tail County

Storms near this place

18 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Erhard in 18 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2020Thunderstorm WindErhard$200,000A microburst (downburst wind) likely initiated over the west end of Long Lake and moved rapidly eastward across Long Lake Point Road. A trailer home was blown over and demolished. Several large tree limbs were broken down by the wind, while a pontoon was flipped over by the combination of wave and wind action.
August 2004Tornado (F1)Erhard$10,000Numerous large trees were uprooted or snapped off. A large evergreen was embedded in the north side of the Trondhjem township hall. A road sign was also twisted along 360th street near county road 21. A corn crib was thrown about 100 feet across a road and demolished. Power poles were also snapped off.
August 2014Flash FloodErhard$5,000A boat was sunk by the heavy rain. The rain guage read over four inches, but was blocked by leaves, so an accurate reading was impossible.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindErhard-Trees damage occurred around town.
July 2019Tornado (EF1)Erhard-This tornado tracked intermittently for about two miles, ending in central Erhard Township. The tornado broke down numerous large tree branches in shelterbelts and tree claims along its path. An assortment of ash and elm trees were snapped in Erhard. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph.
June 2014Funnel CloudErhard-Funnel with rapid rotation evident over Erhard as viewed from west of town.
July 2010Tornado (EF0)Erhard-Two funnels were observed in the Star Lake area. One produced a brief touchdown but no apparent damage.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindErhard-Large tree branches were blown down.
August 2005HailErhard-A swath of large hail fell across northern Elizabeth and Friberg townships and affected the Long Lake and Edwards areas. Considerable roof and vehicle damage was reported in these areas due to the large hail. Three to four inches of rain fell.
August 2005Tornado (F1)Erhard-A tornado touched down about 2 miles south-southwest of Edwards and tracked for about a mile to 2.5 miles south of Edwards. Numerous trees were snapped off along the damage path and in a shelterbelt near Sproul Lake. One home had roofing and lawn furnature damage. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindErhard-Large branches were blown down. This was part of an intermittent downburst wind pattern found from Rothsay to near Parkers Prairie.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindErhard-Tree branches were blown down.
May 2010HailErhard-no account filed
August 2008HailErhard-no account filed
August 2005HailErhard-no account filed
August 2004HailErhard-no account filed
July 2003HailErhard-no account filed
June 2003HailErhard-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Otter Tail County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Pelican Rapids5.9 miles11
Edwards6.3 miles12
Elizabeth7.5 miles10
Carlisle9.4 miles10
Norwegian Grove10.7 miles11
Dunvilla13.0 miles11
Lakeview Estates13.1 miles11
Fergus Falls14.0 miles11

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 ErhardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2230852The 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 643391. 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.