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Hayfield, Minnesota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hayfield City. It lies in ZIP code area 55940. The Survey maps it on the Hayfield quadrangle. 1,364 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,319 feet above sea level.

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Hayfield within Dodge County

Population over time

2 figures

Hayfield grew from 1,340 to 1,364 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
20101,340
20201,364+24 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hayfield: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Spooner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dodge County

Storms near this place

60 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hayfield in 65 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 33 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 flash flood. 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
June 1998Flash FloodHayfield$120,000no account filed
August 2010Tornado (EF1)Hayfield$110,000The tornado damage path began just south of State Highway 30 west of Hayfield. The tornado did move off to the northeast nearing State Highway 56 before taking a north northwest track until it lifted just south of County Road 6. Damage was noted to soybean and corn fields, numerous trees and limbs were snapped and uprooted, roofing damage occurred to a metal barn/shed, while an old barn was lifted off of its foundation for a complete loss. Also, a local residence had some small beams knocked out from underneath a porch on the front of the house.
June 2005LightningHayfield$35,000no account filed
June 2010Tornado (EF1)Hayfield$30,000This was the second tornado of the night to hit Dodge County. It formed over Steele County where it was rated an EF2, and then moved into Dodge County affecting rural areas of the county northeast of Blooming Prairie. Most of the damage occurred near County Roads 3 and 4 where roofs were partially torn off buildings and trees were blown down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHayfield$22,000no account filed
June 2008FloodHayfield$20,000no account filed
September 2019LightningHayfield$10,000A lightning strike caused a structure fire in Blooming Prairie.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHayfield$7,000Public reported a flattened grain bin near Hayfield.
June 2008FloodHayfield$5,000Several roads in Hayfield were under water. Evacuations occurred on the south side of Hayfield near the high school due to high water.
June 2009HailHayfield$5,000no account filed
September 2016Flash FloodHayfield$2,000Runoff from heavy rains caused water to go over several roads across the southern sections of Dodge County.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHayfield$2,000Trees were blown down in the extreme southwest part of Dodge County west of Hayfield.
June 2007HailHayfield$2,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindHayfield$1,500no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHayfield$1,000An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred in Hayfield. The wind gust moved a gazebo and blew down a large tree.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHayfield$800no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHayfield$500A large tree branch was blown down and blocked traffic in Hayfield.
May 2004HailHayfield$500no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindHayfield$200no account filed
April 2026HailHayfield-Emergency management reported golf ball sized hail 1 mile west of Hayfield.
April 2026HailHayfield-Emergency management reported quarter sized hail 1 mile northeast of Hayfield.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHayfield-The public reported numerous soft and hardwood trees down near Blooming Prairie.
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Hayfield-Brief touchdown in open field. Witnessed by multiple sources and path documented via satellite imagery.
May 2024HailHayfield-Law enforcement reported quarter sized hail 3 miles west northwest of Hayfield. Reported that hail was covering the ground.
May 2024HailHayfield-State officials reported quarter sized hail 4 miles north of Hayfield. Reported that hail was covering the ground.
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Hayfield-Brief touchdown in open field. Witnessed by multiple sources and path documented via satellite imagery.
May 2024HailHayfield-The public reported half dollar sized hail near Hayfield.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHayfield-Tree damage was reported near Hayfield by emergency management.
June 2024FloodHayfield-Significant rainfall later into June pushed Turtle Creek in western Austin into flood stage early on June 22nd. The river stage crested during the evening on June 22nd in moderate flood stage at 12.64 ft.
July 2023HailHayfield-Public reported quarter sized hail near Hayfield.
July 2023HailHayfield-Public reported quarter sized hail near Hayfield.
July 2022Funnel CloudHayfield-A funnel cloud was sighted west of Hayfield.
August 2019HailHayfield-Quarter sized hail was reported west of Hayfield near the Steele County line.
September 2018Flash FloodHayfield-Runoff from heavy rain caused street flooding to occur in Hayfield.
May 2018HailHayfield-In Hayfield, hail ranged in size from 1 to 1.5 inches in diameter.
April 2017HailHayfield-Quarter sized hail was reported west of Hayfield.
May 2015HailHayfield-Walnut sized hail fell in Hayfield.
May 2014HailHayfield-Golf ball sized hail was reported in Hayfield.
June 2014Heavy RainHayfield-In Hayfield, 3.75 inches of rain fell.
July 2012Heavy RainHayfield-In less than an hour, 1.3 inches of rain fell in Hayfield.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHayfield-A wind gust of 60 miles per hour occurred in Hayfield.
July 2012HailHayfield-Hail ranging in size from golf ball to baseball fell in Hayfield.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHayfield-Amateur radio operators estimated a wind gust of 60 miles per hour.
June 2010HailHayfield-Employees at a gas station reported the hail fell for a few minutes.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHayfield-A peak wind gust of 60 mph occurred.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Hayfield-A tornado developed over Steele county and briefly moved north-northeast into Dodge County before dissipating southwest of Claremont. The tornado traveled across rural areas of Dodge County with little damage.
September 2010Heavy RainHayfield-Rainfall totaled 7.28 inches.
May 2018HailHayfield-no account filed
March 2017HailHayfield-no account filed
September 2016HailHayfield-no account filed
August 2011HailHayfield-no account filed
May 2011HailHayfield-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHayfield-no account filed
June 2006HailHayfield-no account filed
October 2006HailHayfield-no account filed
April 2004HailHayfield-no account filed
April 2004HailHayfield-no account filed
May 2004HailHayfield-no account filed
June 2004HailHayfield-no account filed
May 2002HailHayfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dodge 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
Vlasaty5.1 miles7
Oslo5.8 miles8
Vernon5.9 miles8
Westfield Center (historical)7.5 miles7
Heritage Estates9.4 miles11
Dodge Center9.5 miles11
Valley View Park9.9 miles11
Kasson10.9 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 HayfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1938075The 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 644794. 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.