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Gentilly, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Gentilly Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56716. It stands on Kripple Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gentilly quadrangle.

Gentilly within Polk County

On record in Gentilly

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

8 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Gentilly between 2006 and 2013, burning about 1,598 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
5 August 2006Natural1.0 acresDetroit Lakes Wetland Management DistrictOLD LIGHTNING
6 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresGlacial RidgeSECTION 2
6 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresGlacial RidgeGLACIAL RIDGE 6
13 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined240 acresGlacial RidgeKERTSONVILLE FIRE
8 April 2012Recreation and ceremony570 acresGlacial RidgeHAM
10 April 2006Equipment and vehicle use20 acresGlacial RidgeGLACIAL RIDGE 1
12 November 2007Arson/incendiarism600 acresRydell National Wildlife RefugeFALL FIRE 1
2 October 2012Debris and open burning40 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Gentilly: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bradshaw Gravel Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kost Pit No 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lloyd Bruce Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

24 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gentilly in 24 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2001Thunderstorm WindGentilly$50,000Branches were blown down.
July 2006Tornado (F0)Gentilly$10,000This tornado originated in Red Lake county 1 mile east of Huot at 1746 CST. The tornado broke numerous large branches in various shelterbelts along its route. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 65 mph.
July 2011HailGentilly$2,000The hail fell in drifts across a farmyard and left divots in a cedar deck.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGentilly$500Trees were damaged by the wind.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindGentilly$500no account filed
September 2021HailGentilly-Public report of quarter-sized hail, with some possibly the size of a golf ball.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindGentilly-Pieces of tin roofing were peeled off a hay shed and blown downwind.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGentilly-Metal roofing was torn off a hay shed. Large branches were also blown down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGentilly-Tree branches were blown down and a storm window was blown off a house.
July 2011Tornado (EF0)Gentilly-This weak tornado tracked for about a mile to around two miles southwest of Gentilly. Several large tree limbs were torn down, three trees were partially uprooted at a farmstead, and a few large tree limbs were torn down in a shelterbelt. Damage indicated peak winds of about 80 mph.
June 2010Tornado (EF1)Gentilly-This tornado tracked northeastward for nearly 3 miles. The tornado tore a 5,000 bushel steel grain bin from its concrete pad and tossed it a half mile into a field. Several trees were snapped off or uprooted in a shelterbelt and shingles were torn from a house roof. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGentilly-6-8 inch diameter trees were snapped.
June 2020HailGentilly-no account filed
July 2015Funnel CloudGentilly-no account filed
July 2015Funnel CloudGentilly-no account filed
May 2015HailGentilly-no account filed
July 2006HailGentilly-no account filed
May 2005Funnel CloudGentilly-no account filed
September 2005HailGentilly-no account filed
May 2004HailGentilly-no account filed
May 2001HailGentilly-no account filed
August 2001HailGentilly-no account filed
September 2001HailGentilly-no account filed
July 1997Flash FloodGentilly-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
Burwell4.2 miles9
Harold6.5 miles8
Benoit6.7 miles8
Forest Knolls Estates7.0 miles9
Riverview Terrace7.1 miles9
Anglim7.9 miles9
Noyes Junction8.3 miles9
Crookston8.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 644072. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.