Hammond, Minnesota
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hammond City. It lies in ZIP code area 55991. The Survey maps it on the Millville quadrangle. 130 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 807 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHammond fell from 132 to 130 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 132 | |
| 2020 | 130 | -2 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1935 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Millville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hammond between 1992 and 2008, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 October 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hammond: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fick Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hart Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oelkers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Roberson Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Thiel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hammond in 12 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Flood | Hammond | $4,590,000 | Major flooding occurred in the town of Hammond due to record flooding on the Zumbro River. Of the 75 homes in the town, 19 were damaged and 20 were destroyed. Power, water and septic services were down in the town for several days. Businesses in the town also saw extensive damage. |
| October 2013 | Lightning | Hammond | $149,000 | A house south of Zumbro Falls was destroyed by a fire apparently started from a lightning strike. Nobody was home at the time of the fire and two fire departments were on the scene for five hours. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Hammond | $55,000 | Up to tennis ball sized hail fell southwest of Hammond. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | $10,000 | A tree was blown down on a car in Hammond. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | - | Trained spotters reported multiple large trees of 30 to 40 feet high down along the west side of Zumbro Lake. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Hammond | - | Volunteer observers reported penny sized hail in Hammond on the evening of May 6th. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Hammond | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Hammond. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Hammond | - | Quarter sized hail fell just south of Hammond. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | - | Trees were blown down on a farm in southwest Wabasha County. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Hammond | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Hammond. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Hammond | - | Quarter sized hail was reported southwest of Hammond. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Hammond | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrett | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| South Troy | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bremen | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Millville | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Zumbro Falls | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| West Albany | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bear Valley | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Elgin | 9.1 miles | 15 |
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 Hammond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2231642 | 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 644609. 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.
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.








