Lanesboro, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lanesboro City. It lies in ZIP code area 55949. It stands on Duschee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lanesboro quadrangle. 724 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 856 feet above sea level.
On record in Lanesboro
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
Allis Barnlisted 1982
Michael Scanlan Houselisted 1982- Inspiration Point Wayside Restlisted 2015
- Lanesboro Historic Districtlisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresLanesboro fell from 754 to 724 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 | 754 | |
| 2020 | 724 | -30 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Lanesboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Lanesboro between 1994 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Lanesboro: 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungerholt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| La Crescent Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Whalen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Anderson Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Baiers Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Grebin Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Judy Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lanesboro Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Larson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rissman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lanesboro in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 2 hail, 2 flood. 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 2008 | Flood | Lanesboro | $750,000 | The Root River went into flooding due to the heavy rains during the weekend of June 7-8. The South Branch of the Root River at Preston crested at 941.67 feet on June 9, which was the third highest crest on record. Flood stage is 937.0 feet. At Lanesboro, the South Branch of the Root River reached 14.17 feet with a flood stage there of 12 feet. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lanesboro | $28,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanesboro | $15,000 | The roof was blown off a building near Lanesboro. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Lanesboro | $10,000 | Flooding along the Root River washed out roads just outside of Lanesboro. State Highway 16 was closed southwest of Lanesboro because of a mudslide. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanesboro | $6,000 | Several trees were blown down or damaged in Lanesboro, including at the golf course. One of the downed trees fell across a road. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanesboro | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down in Lanesboro. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanesboro | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in Lanesboro. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanesboro | $1,200 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Lanesboro | $1,000 | A mudslide occurred north of Lanesboro across State Highway 250. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanesboro | $500 | A large tree was blown down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanesboro | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Lanesboro | - | A mesonet reporting station measured 4.54 inches of rain in Lanesboro. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Lanesboro | - | The automated mesonet station in Lanesboro measured 5.55 inches of rain. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Lanesboro | - | A mesonet automated weather observing system measured 4.13 inches of rain. |
| June 2013 | Flood | Lanesboro | - | Runoff from heavy rain pushed the South Branch of the Root River out of its banks in Lanesboro. The river crested almost two feet over flood stage at 13.76 feet. |
| September 2010 | Heavy Rain | Lanesboro | - | The storm total rainfall was 4.51 inches. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Lanesboro | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lanesboro | - | 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 Lanesboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2230234 | 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 646474. 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.






