BlockGuckeen, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jo Daviess Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56013. The Survey maps it on the Huntley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Huntley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,613 words on this townshipThe History of Faribault County, Minnesota : from Its First Settlement to the Close of the Year 1879 : the Story of the Pioneers, published 1896 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jo Daviess Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jo Daviess Township - 1,613 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Guckeen: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faribault County Pits | Clay | Producer | ||
| Maday Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guckeen in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Guckeen | - | Dozens of trees were broken or uprooted, two grain bins were destroyed, an auger was moved, several sheds were damaged, and a granary was moved. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Guckeen | - | Funnel twice reached halfway to the ground. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Guckeen | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Guckeen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntley | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Riverside Heights | 6.1 miles | 7 | |
| Blue Earth | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Pilot Grove | 8.4 miles | 6 | |
| Winnebago | 8.6 miles | 7 | |
| Marna | 11.9 miles | 6 | |
| Elmore | 12.4 miles | 6 | |
| Delavan | 13.5 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 644521. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.