Kasson, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Kasson City. It lies in ZIP code area 55944. The Survey maps it on the Dodge Center quadrangle. 6,851 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,253 feet above sea level.
On record in Kasson
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 6 records
Ole Carlson Houselisted 1982
Eureka Hotellisted 1982
Kasson Municipal Buildinglisted 1982
Kasson Public Schoollisted 2007
Kasson Water Towerlisted 1976
Jacob Leuthold Jr. Houselisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresKasson grew from 5,931 to 6,851 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 | 5,931 | |
| 2020 | 6,851 | +920 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 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
- 1965 USGS Dodge Center quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kasson: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stussy Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
44 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kasson in 44 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 22 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasson | $60,000 | Roofing material was blown off the movie theater in Kasson, allowing water to enter the building which damaged the ceiling and walls. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasson | $50,000 | Part of the roof was blown off a large livestock building south of Kasson. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Kasson | $50,000 | Baseball sized hail fell in Kasson. The hail broke several vehicle windows and damaged the siding on houses. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Kasson | $50,000 | Golf ball sized hail was reported in Kasson. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasson | $35,000 | Dodge County emergency management reported numerous large tree branches snapped and large trees uprooted in Kasson. Some minor structure damage to homes along with downed power lines was also reported from resulting tree damage. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Kasson | $30,000 | Flooding reported in Kasson. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasson | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasson | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasson | $3,000 | Trees were damaged in Kasson. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasson | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in Kasson. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasson | $1,250 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Kasson | $800 | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Kasson | $500 | Walnut-size hail fell just south of Kasson or 14 W Rochester. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Kasson | - | Emergency management reported quarter sized hail 1 mile south of Kasson. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Kasson | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail in Kasson. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasson | - | The mesonet station 2 miles east of Kasson observed a 74 mph wind gust. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Kasson | - | The public reported dime sized hail near Kasson. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Kasson | - | The public reported quarter sized hail. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Kasson | - | Hail ranging in size from quarter up to ping pong ball fell in Kasson. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasson | - | A 72 mph wind gust was measured by a mesonet station east of Kasson. |
| June 2019 | Heavy Rain | Kasson | - | In Kasson, 7.5 inches of rain fell. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Kasson | - | Up to quarter sized hail was reported just south of Kasson. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Kasson | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Kasson. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Kasson | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported just east of Kasson. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Kasson | - | In Kasson, 4.8 inches of rain fell. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Kasson | - | Near Kasson, 6.8 inches of rain fell. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Kasson | - | Near Kasson, 5.1 inches of rain fell. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasson | - | An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred in Kasson and the power was out in portions the city. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Kasson | - | Quarter sized hail was reported east of Kasson. |
| August 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Kasson | - | Several reports of funnel clouds were received from the Kasson area. |
| August 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Kasson | - | More funnel clouds were sighted in Kasson. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasson | - | An estimated 65 mph wind gust occurred just west of Kasson. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasson | - | A wind gust of 67 mph occurred near Kasson. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Kasson | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Kasson. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Kasson | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Kasson | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Kasson | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Kasson | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Kasson | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Kasson | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Kasson | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Kasson | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasson | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Fork Homes | 0.0 miles | 11 | |
| Mantorville | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Wasioja | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Dodge Center | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Heritage Estates | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Valley View Park | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Vlasaty | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Eden | 8.2 miles | 11 |
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 Kasson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2198691 | 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 646049. 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.






