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Florian, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Wright Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56757. The Survey maps it on the Florian quadrangle.

Florian within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

27 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Florian between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,020 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
26 August 2003Equipment and vehicle use25 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 August 2018Debris and open burning10 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2001Arson/incendiarism40 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 1993Arson/incendiarism550 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 2002Debris and open burning250 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 May 2008Arson/incendiarism205 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 May 2003Arson/incendiarism20 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 May 2020Debris and open burning15 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

18 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Florian in 18 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 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 2011Thunderstorm WindFlorian$20,000A grain bin was tipped over.
June 2020Tornado (EF1)Florian$5,000This tornado snarled and snapped trees in multiple shelterbelts along its path. Peak winds were estimated at 105 mph.
September 2024Flash FloodFlorian$1,000Public reports flash flooding, with 5.22 inches of rain reported northeast of Old Mill State Park.
September 2024HailFlorian-Quarter sized hail reported by the public 6 miles SSE of Florian, with estimated 50 mph winds along with the hail.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindFlorian-Estimated wind gust near Florian, MN.
June 2022HailFlorian-Heavy rain and brief periods of dime to quarter sized hail were reported near the old mill state park.
June 2022HailFlorian-Received a public report of dime to quarter sized hail off and on.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindFlorian-Numerous large tree branches and limbs were broken down at the Marshall county campground near Florian. Report and photos posted via social media.
July 2020HailFlorian-The hail fell with very heavy rain.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindFlorian-A large tree was blown down.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Florian-The tornado broke down several poplar trees in shelterbelts west of and adjacent to the Marshall County park and campground on the Tamarac River. Peak winds were estimated at 85 mph.
August 2007Tornado (EF1)Florian-The tornado brushed the north edge of Marshall County Park, causing some tree damage. The tornado then took part of the roof off an old granary and blew down an old shed at an abandoned farm site one mile south of Florian. Peak winds were estimated at 105 mph.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindFlorian-Power lines were blown down.
July 2005Flash FloodFlorian-Several farmsteads were surrounded by flooded fields and ditches between the communities of Florian and Middle River. The Florian village park was flooded by a small creek. Middle River City Park was flooded by the Middle River.
July 2017HailFlorian-no account filed
June 2010HailFlorian-no account filed
July 2005HailFlorian-no account filed
May 2004HailFlorian-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Englund3.0 miles9
Foldahl8.6 miles9
Ellerth10.0 miles10
Strandquist10.1 miles10
Argyle12.7 miles11
Valley Court12.9 miles11
Stephen13.0 miles11
Radium14.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 643756. 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.