BlockLac qui Parle, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lac qui Parle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56265. It stands on Tenmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Milan quadrangle. It stands 1,020 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Willmar quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lac qui Parle in 2000, burning about 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 February 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this place
10 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lac qui Parle in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lac Qui Parle | - | Lac Qui Parle state park officials reported trees and large branches toppled, including some falling on a building. The building was barely damaged. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lac Qui Parle | - | A few trees were blown down in Lac Qui Parle State Park. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lac Qui Parle | - | Numerous trees toppled. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Lac Qui Parle | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Lac Qui Parle | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Lac Qui Parle | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Lac Qui Parle | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Lac Qui Parle | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lac Qui Parle | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lac Qui Parle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro Gordo | 7.6 miles | 6 | |
| Dawson | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Boyd | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| Madison | 15.4 miles | 6 | |
| Providence | 15.9 miles | 8 | |
| Louisburg | 18.1 miles | 6 | |
| Haydenville | 21.4 miles | 7 | |
| Bellingham | 22.3 miles | 7 |
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 Lac qui Parle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28123348 | 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 646298. 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.