BlockGodahl, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It lies in ZIP code area 56081. The Survey maps it on the Godahl quadrangle. It stands 1,043 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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
- 1967 USGS Godahl quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Godahl in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Godahl | $30,000 | Severe down burst winds caused approximately 30 power poles to be sheared off on the east side of near County Road 115 and 6, southwest of Hanska, Minnesota. It also blew a small boat and car trailer off the road. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Godahl | - | Thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 70 mph blew over 6 trees on a wind break at a farm on 220th Ave. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Godahl | - | A narrow path of crop damage, possibly related to a misovortex within a broader wind field, was identified using Sentinel satellite imagery. It was not possible to correlate the crop damage with any radar circulation. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Godahl | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Godahl | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanska | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Stark | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Iberia | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Leavenworth | 11.6 miles | 9 | |
| Linden | 13.2 miles | 9 | |
| Searles | 13.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sleepy Eye | 13.7 miles | 9 | |
| Comfrey | 14.0 miles | 9 |
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 Godahl | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5576114 | 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 654726. 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.