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Euclid, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Euclid Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56722. The Survey maps it on the Euclid quadrangle. It stands 896 feet above sea level.

Euclid within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Euclid between 2010 and 2012, burning about 1,040 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
24 July 2012Arson/incendiarism300 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2010Debris and open burning740 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

39 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Euclid in 39 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 29 hail, 4 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018HailEuclid$20,000Large, wind driven hail stripped sugar beet, bean, and wheat fields in far eastern Euclid and western Belgium townships. Large tree branches were torn down across the area as well.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindEuclid-Power lines down resulting in power outages northwest of Red Lake Falls.
August 2025HailEuclid-Estimated quarter size hail.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindEuclid-Metal roofing was torn off a machine shed near Euclid.
July 2018HailEuclid-Crop damage was reported.
July 2017Funnel CloudEuclid-A persistent wall cloud with funnel was reported.
July 2016Funnel CloudEuclid-A funnel cloud was observed by a spotter who was located east-northeast of Crookston.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEuclid-A gust front moved through and knocked down several large branches in a shelterbelt.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEuclid-A few large tree branches were blown down at a farmstead.
July 2016Tornado (EF1)Euclid-The tornado began in Polk County, and tracked intermittently for about five miles to two miles southeast of Dorothy, in Red Lake County. The tornado blew down numerous large trees in shelterbelts, rolled a horse trailer, blew apart a calf shed, and blew down a hay shed. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph.
June 2014HailEuclid-The hail ranged in size from dime to quarter size.
July 2013HailEuclid-Mostly pea size hail fell, but there were a few stones the size of nickels and quarters.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Euclid-Two funnels were reported at the time and one briefly touched down near the intersection of U.S. Highway 75 and county road 21.
June 2005Tornado (F1)Euclid-The tornado formed on the northern edge of a downburst wind core. Trees were snapped off in shelterbelts and shingles torn off roofs. Estimated peak wind speeds were 110 mph. The tornado continued into Red Lake county.
August 2002HailEuclid-The hail was one inch deep.
August 2002Tornado (F0)Euclid-A small tornado track was found, which continued into Red Lake county.
June 1997HailEuclid-Drifts of hail were reported.
August 2020HailEuclid-no account filed
July 2017HailEuclid-no account filed
June 2015HailEuclid-no account filed
July 2013HailEuclid-no account filed
July 2011HailEuclid-no account filed
July 2011HailEuclid-no account filed
July 2011HailEuclid-no account filed
May 2005HailEuclid-no account filed
September 2005HailEuclid-no account filed
May 2004HailEuclid-no account filed
July 2003HailEuclid-no account filed
June 2002HailEuclid-no account filed
August 2002HailEuclid-no account filed
May 2001HailEuclid-no account filed
July 2001HailEuclid-no account filed
August 2001HailEuclid-no account filed
August 2000HailEuclid-no account filed
July 1999HailEuclid-no account filed
July 1999HailEuclid-no account filed
June 1998HailEuclid-no account filed
June 1997HailEuclid-no account filed
September 1997HailEuclid-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Shirley7.2 miles9
Key West8.1 miles8
Angus8.3 miles9
Sherack8.3 miles10
Hixon10.8 miles9
Freeman12.3 miles8
Noyes Junction12.4 miles9
Anglim12.4 miles9

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 EuclidAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5406084The 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 643426. 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.