BlockFernando, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Round Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55385. The Survey maps it on the Stewart quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1953 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Winthrop quadrangle1:62500
- 1967 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Stewart quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Glencoe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Fernando in 2014, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fernando in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fernando | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down, along with a metal shed, and power poles. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | Fernando | - | The storm total was estimated at 5 inches of rainfall, since the gage overflowed. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fernando | - | Barn blown down. Damage to house. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Fernando | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Brownton | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Sumter | 12.0 miles | 10 | |
| Heatwole | 13.0 miles | 10 | |
| West Lynn | 13.7 miles | 10 | |
| Biscay | 15.5 miles | 10 | |
| McDonalds Lakeview Terrace | 16.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hutchinson | 16.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 643613. 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.