BlockGarden City, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Garden City Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56034. The Survey maps it on the Lake Crystal quadrangle.
On record in Garden City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
First Baptist Churchlisted 1980 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1951 USGS Mankato West quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Lake Crystal quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garden City in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | A 61 mph wind gust was measured using a personal weather instrument by a storm chaser. |
| September 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Garden City | - | A NWS storm survey concluded that an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds of 70 mph, and a width of 70 yards, touched down in a field near Garden City. This tornado tracked 1.2 miles northeast through a farmstead and fairground, before dissipating in a corn field northeast of town. Most of the damage was associated with trees blown down, and a flattened corn fields. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | A large tree was blown down in town. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Several large tree branches were blown down. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Scattered trees down, including some on houses and power lines. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Garden City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Crystal | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rambush Estates II | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Vernon Center | 5.9 miles | 6 | |
| Good Thunder | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rapidan | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Skyline | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| LeHillier | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Judson | 10.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 644024. 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.
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.