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Kasota, Minnesota

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Kasota City. It lies in ZIP code area 56050. It stands on Shanaska Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Peter quadrangle. 714 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 807 feet above sea level.

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Kasota within Le Sueur County

On record in Kasota

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Kasota grew from 675 to 714 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
2010675
2020714+39 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Kasota in 1996, burning about 290 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 November 1996Arson/incendiarism290 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Sueur County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Kasota: 13 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Caroline & Moses QsuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
North QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionProducer
Ed Swarthout IncStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ed Swarthout IncStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Henroy Komstz PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lundin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Blue Earth Co Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J V White Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kasota PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Le Sueur County

Storms near this place

24 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kasota in 24 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 30 injuries. 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
August 2006Tornado (F3)Kasota1 killed, 30 hurt, $20,000,000The F3 tornado that began in Nicollet County at 1630 CST moved into Le Sueur County near the northern city limits of Kasota. Over 100 homes suffered some damage, dozens of homes had major damage, and three were completely leveled. The tornado moved east-northeast for about ten miles in Le Sueur County, then turned and moved east-southeast until dissipation. Hundreds of farm animals were killed, including 200 cows at a large dairy. Approximately five thousand acres of corn and soybeans were estimated to be ruined across the county. A State Farm spokeswoman said the company expected 4,500 homeowner claims and 8,000 auto claims from the storm. Some information provided by the Star Tribune newspaper. A 91 year old man perished in the upper floor of his home when a tree crashed through the roof.
June 2014FloodKasota$1,100,000There were multiple reports of road closures due to high water and debris along the Minnesota River. In the southeast part of Le Sueur County, some residents in the town of Waterville, Minnesota had to evacuate their homes along Lillian Street due to rising waters of the local lake. The city council declared the town a disaster area and had volunteers help them fill sandbags to stop further damage to homes. As lake levels rose, several homes were surrounded by water from the nearby lakes, and a few will be completely destroyed. The city closed four streets and parts of three others due to the flooding.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindKasota$50,000Scattered trees were blown down from just east of St. Peter to the Cleveland area.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindKasota$25,000Several six to eight inch diameter trees were blown down across southwest Le Sueur County between the towns of Kasota, St. Peter and Cleveland. One tree landed on a house. Power lines were also blown down which knocked out power to several hundred customers throughout the southwest part of the county.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindKasota$15,000There was roof damage east of Kasota, on the south side of Lake Emily, along with trees blown down near Kasota.
April 2026HailKasota-Report received via NWS Chat.
June 2020Heavy RainKasota-There was a 18 hour rainfall report near Kasota of 5.94 inches.
July 2020Flash FloodKasota-Highway 22 was closed due to flood waters south of Kasota, between County road 140 and 298. Based on the amount of rainfall that occurred in a few hours before midnight, more county roads were probably impassable for short periods of time.
March 2019FloodKasota-Numerous roads were closed for several days due to snow melt, and the flood waters that develop from it. Rapidly runoff led to impassable roads, especially along streams and creeks along county roads.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindKasota-Several trees were blown down in Kasota.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindKasota-A power pole was blown down northeast of Kasota.
September 2016FloodKasota-Runoff from torrential rainfall that occurred across most of southern Le Sueur County Wednesday night, September 21st, caused numerous roads to remain impassable and closed.
September 2010HailKasota-Several reports of penny, up to ping pong size hail was observed from Kasota, to just east of St. Peter, Minnesota.
September 2010FloodKasota-Numerous roads were closed due to excessive rainfall that fell on September 22nd and 23th. The major areal flooding didn't recede until late Saturday when most of the small streams and creeks had crested and only mainstem rivers remained flooded.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindKasota-Tree down on power pole.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindKasota-The roof was partially blown off a tavern.
June 2002HailKasota-Ground white.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindKasota-Trees down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindKasota-Few trees down.
May 2000HailKasota-The Owatonna People's Press reported that hail piled up like snowdrifts.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindKasota-Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
June 2013HailKasota-no account filed
June 2013HailKasota-no account filed
May 2012HailKasota-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Le Sueur 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
Ottawa6.3 miles12
Cleveland7.1 miles10
Marysburg8.6 miles13
Saint Henry11.3 miles10
Le Sueur11.9 miles12
Kingsway Estates13.0 miles12
Greenland13.9 miles10
Le Center14.1 miles10

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 KasotaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1004423The 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 646046. 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.