BlockFlom, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Flom Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56541. The Survey maps it on the Flom quadrangle. It stands 1,286 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1918 USGS Flom quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Flom quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Flom between 2006 and 2019, burning about 81 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | HELIKSON 2 |
| 16 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | HELIKSON 1 |
| 21 May 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 55 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | MNDLR-FY19-WF-STUMBO |
| 21 November 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flom in 13 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Hail | Flom | $50,000 | The hail caused extensive crop damage. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flom | $2,000 | Several large branches were blow down in a shelter belt. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flom | - | Large tree limbs blown down. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flom | - | Report of tree damage. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Flom | - | The hail was accompanied by very heavy rain. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Flom | - | This was the first of twin tornadoes which were viewed and photographed from residents near Flom and Waubun. This tornado only tracked for a short distance in Norman County, before it continued into Mahnomen County. The tornado broke large tree branches in several shelterbelts along its path and appears to have caused a peak wind of 73 mph at both the Mahnomen airport and nearby MNDOT RWIS mesonet sensors as it dissipated. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Flom | - | Large hail and strong winds caused considerable damage to crops across Fossom Township. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flom | - | Several large trees and large tree branches were blown down across portions of Home Lake and Flom townships in southeast Norman County. East of Flom falling trees damaged a barn roof and several smaller sheds. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Flom | - | Hail covered highway 113. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Flom | - | County road 3 was washed out by the heavy rain. Travel was not advised across Norman county, due to the large numbers of roads washed out. Basements flooded and many fields were submerged. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Flom | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Flom | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Flom | - | 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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q136373911 | 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 643749. 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.