BlockHope, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Somerset Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56046. The Survey maps it on the Hope quadrangle. It stands 1,201 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Hope quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Albert Lea quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,140 words on this townshipGeographical and Statistical History of Steele County from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Embracing Leading Incidents of Pioneer Life, Names of Early Settlers ... &c, published 1868 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Somerset Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Somerset Township - 1,140 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hope in 2012, burning about 27 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 October 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hope in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hope | - | A Minnesota Department of Transportation wind sensor measured a wind gust of 66 mph. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Hope | - | Several reports of large hail occurred in Steele County between the southwest part of Owatonna, northeast to north of the Rice Lake State Park. The largest hail stone was golf ball size. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hope | - | Trees were reported blown down north of Ellendale. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hope | - | A large tree was blown down at the intersection of County Road 218 and 4. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hope | - | Several large tree branches and a large tree were blown down over County Road 218. |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hope | - | A MNDOT road sensor measured a 63 MPH gust. Large trees were downed at exit 32 along Interstate 35. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Hope | - | Brief touchdown in field. No damage reported. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hope | - | A grain bin was blown 80 feet. Several sheds destroyed. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hope | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Hope | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Point | 2.3 miles | 7 | |
| Saco | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Steele Center | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Litomysl | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Summit | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Lemond | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Ellendale | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Pratt | 7.5 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 Hope | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5899008 | 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 645169. 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.