BlockKanaranzi, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kanaranzi Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56146. The Survey maps it on the Ellsworth quadrangle. It stands 1,503 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Ellsworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kanaranzi: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnerud Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| K Foster Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| W & V Foster | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kanaranzi in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 3 flash flood, 2 hail. 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 2019 | Hail | Kanaranzi | - | Leaves stripped from trees. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Kanaranzi | - | Heavy rain on saturated ground caused flash flooding of streets, fields, and basements. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Kanaranzi | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flash flooding of the Kanaranzi River, small streams, roads, and other low areas. Some roads were closed by the flooding. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Kanaranzi | - | Rainfall of two to four inches caused flash flooding of the Upper Kanaranzi Creek. Lowlands along the creek were also flooded, but no damage reports were available. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Kanaranzi | - | 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.
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 Kanaranzi | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6360656 | 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 646031. 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.