BlockGirard, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Andover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56716. The Survey maps it on the Girard quadrangle.
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.
- 1919 USGS Beltrami quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Girard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Crookston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Girard in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2021 | Hail | Girard | - | Report relayed via spotter network. |
| July 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Girard | - | A funnel cloud descended and then ascended from a rotating wall cloud. |
| June 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Girard | - | The tornado touched down in an open field to the south of county road 9, about 2 miles west of the sugar beet plant. A rope funnel persisted for about 3 minutes, with intermittent tornado touchdowns over about a 2 minute period. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Girard | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilds | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Crookston Junction | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Carman Terrace | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Crookston | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Riverview Terrace | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Noyes Junction | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Ross | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Anglim | 6.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654722. 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.