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Green Isle, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Green Isle City. It lies in ZIP code area 55338. The Survey maps it on the Green Isle quadrangle. 591 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,004 feet above sea level.

Green Isle within Sibley County

Population over time

2 figures

Green Isle grew from 559 to 591 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.

YearPeople Change
2010559
2020591+32 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Green Isle between 2000 and 2016, burning about 113 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 July 2006Debris and open burning50 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeMUD LAKE
9 April 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeMUD LK 2
9 April 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeMUD LK. 3
24 April 2002Arson/incendiarism40 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeMUD1
19 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeREDHEAD
14 April 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeREDHEAD
15 December 2006Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeMUD LAKE 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sibley County

Storms near this place

40 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green Isle in 40 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 15 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 5 funnel cloud, 4 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 2016Thunderstorm WindGreen Isle1 killedSeveral media outlets and local officials indicated that an individual died from a fallen tree north of Arlington near Highway 15. The individual was on a four-wheeler in the pasture of his farm and attempted to herd his cattle to safety during a storm. Thats when a tree fell on him, officials indicated.
August 2006HailGreen Isle$100,000Vehicles, siding, and roofs damaged.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGreen Isle$10,000Numerous large 12-18 inch diameter trees were blown down along Highway 25 and near the intersection of Highway 25, and 158th Street. Also, a few power lines were knocked down due to the trees.
May 2022Tornado (EF0)Green Isle-A tornado broke several dozen trees and ripped part of a tin roof off a shed. The tornado traveled into southwestern Carver County, dissipating about one mile northeast of Assumption Lake. Maximum winds were estimated at 75 mph.
August 2017Funnel CloudGreen Isle-Numerous funnel clouds were reported near Green Isle, Minnesota.
June 2014Heavy RainGreen Isle-A 24 hour rainfall total of 5.33 inches was reported.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGreen Isle-Several large tree branches were blown down across County Road 5 in Green Isle.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGreen Isle-Several trees were blown down along County Road 9, northwest of Green Isle.
May 2012Heavy RainGreen Isle-A local observer measured 3.21 inches in the last 24 hours.
June 2012Heavy RainGreen Isle-An observer measured 3.78 inches of rainfall in the last 24 hours.
March 2011FloodGreen Isle-Several county roads along the Minnesota River from Henderson, north to the Carver County border were impassable due to Spring snow melt and the associated runoff that continued through the end of March.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGreen Isle-A large tree was blown down near Green Isle, Minnesota.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGreen Isle-Several large tree limbs were blown down near Green Isle, Minnesota.
August 2010Funnel CloudGreen Isle-Several reports of funnel clouds were observed around Green Isle, to Hamburg.
July 2009Funnel CloudGreen Isle-Several fire department and law enforcement officials witnessed the funnel cloud, which was also photographed by a citizen. The funnel did not come close to touching down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGreen Isle-Tree limbs up to 1 foot in diameter were downed. Building damage was reported in Green Isle. One tree was downed onto power lines and fell across County Road 64 near the border of Washington Lake and Jessenland townships.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGreen Isle-The canvas cover of a large hoop barn that was home to 40 head of cattle was stripped off and ripped to pieces at a farm in Section 25 of Faxton Township. A soybean field and corn field on the property were heavily damaged by hail of unknown size.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGreen Isle-Trees were downed and street signs were blown over.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindGreen Isle-Tree pushed over; numerous large branches down.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Green Isle-Brief touchdown along road. No damage.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Green Isle-Tornado blew hay out of barn. Farmer held onto pole to avoid being sucked out of barn.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGreen Isle-Few trees down. Estimated windspeed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGreen Isle-Garage and machine shed destroyed. Severe barn damage. Estimated windspeed.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGreen Isle-2.5 foot diameter trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGreen Isle-Trees down. Estimated windspeed.
July 1997Tornado (F0)Green Isle-Trees knocked over.
October 2023HailGreen Isle-no account filed
August 2020Funnel CloudGreen Isle-no account filed
May 2016HailGreen Isle-no account filed
May 2012HailGreen Isle-no account filed
June 2012HailGreen Isle-no account filed
June 2012HailGreen Isle-no account filed
July 2011HailGreen Isle-no account filed
July 2009HailGreen Isle-no account filed
August 2006HailGreen Isle-no account filed
May 2004HailGreen Isle-no account filed
May 2002HailGreen Isle-no account filed
May 2001HailGreen Isle-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindGreen Isle-no account filed
August 1997Funnel CloudGreen Isle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sibley 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
Arlington6.2 miles11
Assumption6.4 miles11
Jessenland8.7 miles11
New Rome10.4 miles11
Sibley Estates East11.7 miles11
Henderson11.7 miles11
Allansons Park11.7 miles11
New Auburn11.7 miles11

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 Green IsleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1005671The 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 644409. 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.

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.