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Gluek, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Crate Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56260. The Survey maps it on the Maynard quadrangle.

Gluek within Chippewa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Storms near this place

13 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gluek in 13 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 7 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022Thunderstorm WindGluek$50,000There was sporadic tree and shed damage to farms north of Gluek and into Louriston Township.
July 2024Tornado (EF0)Gluek-The tornado mostly crossed some fields, but did knock down or break about two dozen trees. Damaging thunderstorm winds from the northeast hit the area just after the tornado.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGluek-Strong northeast winds hit this area just after the tornado. Scattered trees were broken or tipped over. One farm lost much of the tin from the roof of a machine shed. Part of another machine shed was blown into a house.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Gluek-Tornado moved across open fields. It was recorded on video by numerous storm chasers.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Gluek-Tornado moved across open fields. It was recorded on video by numerous storm chasers.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Gluek-This tornado moved across an open field. It was photographed and recorded on video by two independent storm chasers and also viewed by multiple trained spotters.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Gluek-A tornado touched down in a field and moved northeast-northeast across County Road 13. It only tore up some field grasses.
April 2012Funnel CloudGluek-Storm spotters observed a funnel cloud northwest of Clara City, Minnesota.
June 2012Tornado (EF0)Gluek-The tornado touched down very briefly in a corn field. Some corn was damaged.
July 1999Tornado (F1)Gluek-Barn and outbuildings down. Roof off grainery. Trees down. 14 sheep killed.
April 2012HailGluek-no account filed
June 2010HailGluek-no account filed
June 2005HailGluek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chippewa 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
Maynard5.4 miles9
Clara City6.0 miles9
Gracelock7.3 miles10
Louriston7.6 miles10
Asbury8.0 miles9
Bunde9.3 miles9
Wegdahl11.2 miles10
Montevideo13.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 644191. 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.