Gibbon, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Gibbon City. It lies in ZIP code area 55335. The Survey maps it on the Gibbon quadrangle. 784 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.
On record in Gibbon
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 1 record
Gibbon Village Halllisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresGibbon grew from 772 to 784 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 772 | |
| 2020 | 784 | +12 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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
- 1964 USGS Gibbon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Glencoe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
37 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gibbon in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 19 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 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 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Gibbon | $1,000,000 | The third tornado in a series touched down in Sibley County and moved straight north, occasionally stalling in place for minutes at a time. It heavily damaged two farmsteads, where all outbuildings and sheds were destroyed, and the houses sustained significant damage. It entered Renville County at 1845 CST and then into Buffalo Lake. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Gibbon | - | Although half dollar size hail was reported west of Gibbons, based on radar, the hail was likely larger between Gibbon and Lafayette. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibbon | - | A trained spotter noted that a few trees were blown down around her farm. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibbon | - | A power pole was blown down on County Road 2 in Gibbon. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Gibbon | - | The swath of large hail, up to 2.5 inches in diameter, and the continued wind driven hail, occurred in the northern part of Sibley County, southwest and south of Stewart. Major crop damage continued along this path. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Gibbon | - | There were numerous roads that had water flowing over them, some up to one foot high. This occurred across southern Sibley County, mainly south of Highway 19, south to the Nicollet County line. |
| August 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Gibbon | - | A storm chaser provided video of a brief tornado that moved across some fields before it dissipated. No crop damage was noted. |
| August 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Gibbon | - | A storm chaser filmed a separate funnel cloud prior to a tornado at 1821 CST. The funnel might have touched down, but it was not possible to determine this. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Gibbon | - | An individual measured 6.70 inches of rain in Gibbon. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibbon | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Gibbon | - | Crop damage was reported due to the combination of strong winds and hail around Gibbon. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibbon | - | Numerous large tree branches and several road signs were blown down. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Gibbon | - | Law enforcement reported dime sized hail covering the ground. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Gibbon | - | Corn was stripped by hail. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibbon | - | Tree tops and branches were downed. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Gibbon | - | The fourth tornado in a series developed 20 minutes after Buffalo Lake was hit. It touched down briefly in Sibley County, tracked across an open field before moving into Renville County at 1912 CST. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Gibbon | - | This tornado moved in from Renville County at 1755, then dissipated as it moved alongside a farmstead. A few trees were knocked down, and there was minor property damage. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Gibbon | - | The second tornado in a series touched down briefly in Sibley County before crossing into Renville County at 1831 CST. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibbon | - | Two six inch diameter tree limbs down. |
| October 1997 | Hail | Gibbon | - | Hail covered ground. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Gibbon | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Gibbon | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Gibbon | - | no account filed |
| September 2020 | Hail | Gibbon | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Gibbon | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Gibbon | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Gibbon | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Gibbon | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Gibbon | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Gibbon | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Gibbon | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Gibbon | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Gibbon | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Gibbon | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibbon | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibbon | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibbon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winthrop | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Gaylord | 16.3 miles | 11 | |
| New Auburn | 18.4 miles | 11 | |
| New Rome | 23.0 miles | 11 | |
| Arlington | 24.2 miles | 11 | |
| Rush River | 25.6 miles | 9 | |
| Green Isle | 29.2 miles | 11 | |
| Jessenland | 32.1 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Gibbon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1924501 | 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 644116. 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.





