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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.

Kasson within Dodge County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Kasson 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.

YearPeople Change
20105,931
20206,851+920 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Paulson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stussy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dodge County

Storms near this place

44 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2022Thunderstorm WindKasson$60,000Roofing material was blown off the movie theater in Kasson, allowing water to enter the building which damaged the ceiling and walls.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindKasson$50,000Part of the roof was blown off a large livestock building south of Kasson.
June 2019HailKasson$50,000Baseball sized hail fell in Kasson. The hail broke several vehicle windows and damaged the siding on houses.
June 2019HailKasson$50,000Golf ball sized hail was reported in Kasson.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindKasson$35,000Dodge 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 2007Flash FloodKasson$30,000Flooding reported in Kasson.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindKasson$25,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindKasson$20,000no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindKasson$3,000Trees were damaged in Kasson.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindKasson$2,000Trees were blown down in Kasson.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindKasson$1,250no account filed
June 2001HailKasson$800no account filed
May 1994HailKasson$500Walnut-size hail fell just south of Kasson or 14 W Rochester.
April 2026HailKasson-Emergency management reported quarter sized hail 1 mile south of Kasson.
April 2025HailKasson-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail in Kasson.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindKasson-The mesonet station 2 miles east of Kasson observed a 74 mph wind gust.
July 2024HailKasson-The public reported dime sized hail near Kasson.
June 2024HailKasson-The public reported quarter sized hail.
May 2022HailKasson-Hail ranging in size from quarter up to ping pong ball fell in Kasson.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindKasson-A 72 mph wind gust was measured by a mesonet station east of Kasson.
June 2019Heavy RainKasson-In Kasson, 7.5 inches of rain fell.
June 2019HailKasson-Up to quarter sized hail was reported just south of Kasson.
June 2019HailKasson-Quarter sized hail was reported in Kasson.
June 2019HailKasson-Half dollar sized hail was reported just east of Kasson.
July 2019Heavy RainKasson-In Kasson, 4.8 inches of rain fell.
July 2019Heavy RainKasson-Near Kasson, 6.8 inches of rain fell.
September 2018Heavy RainKasson-Near Kasson, 5.1 inches of rain fell.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindKasson-An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred in Kasson and the power was out in portions the city.
April 2017HailKasson-Quarter sized hail was reported east of Kasson.
August 2016Funnel CloudKasson-Several reports of funnel clouds were received from the Kasson area.
August 2016Funnel CloudKasson-More funnel clouds were sighted in Kasson.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKasson-An estimated 65 mph wind gust occurred just west of Kasson.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKasson-A wind gust of 67 mph occurred near Kasson.
May 2014HailKasson-Quarter sized hail fell in Kasson.
September 2019HailKasson-no account filed
April 2017HailKasson-no account filed
May 2011HailKasson-no account filed
August 2010HailKasson-no account filed
August 2007HailKasson-no account filed
August 2006HailKasson-no account filed
June 2001HailKasson-no account filed
August 2000HailKasson-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindKasson-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindKasson-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
South Fork Homes0.0 miles11
Mantorville2.7 miles11
Wasioja5.0 miles11
Dodge Center5.5 miles11
Heritage Estates5.6 miles11
Valley View Park5.7 miles11
Vlasaty6.9 miles7
Eden8.2 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 KassonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2198691The 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.