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Lawndale, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Prairie View Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56579. The Survey maps it on the Lawndale quadrangle.

Lawndale within Wilkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

5 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Lawndale between 2003 and 2018, burning about 3,836 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
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
7 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use55 acresFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictBELLMORE WF
21 May 2012Equipment and vehicle use900 acresFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictFFR DNR ASSIST
10 May 2013Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresFergus Falls Wetland Management DistrictHAUGRUD WF
7 October 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,855 acresMinnesota Department of Natural ResourcesROTHSAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilkin County

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 Lawndale: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Quinnild Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rasmussen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wilkin County

Storms near this place

31 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lawndale in 31 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 16 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 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 2010Flash FloodLawndale$1,000Roughly 1.50 inches of rain fell in 15 minutes.
September 2014Flash FloodLawndale$500Numerous fields and farm access roads were flooded across Atherton and Prairie View townships.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLawndale-Delayed report: Tree damage to grove in Lawndale. Time estimated from radar. Wind gust estimated.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLawndale-Large tree uprooted. Time estimated based on radar.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLawndale-The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station.
July 2017HailLawndale-Some large hail fell along with strong winds and heavy rain.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindLawndale-Several twelve inch diameter poplar trees and an eighteen inch diameter cottonwood tree were snapped in shelterbelts near the Wilkin and Clay county line.
July 2015Funnel CloudLawndale-The funnel was observed from two and a half miles south-southeast of Barnesville.
July 2015HailLawndale-The large hail was accompanied by strong winds.
June 2014HailLawndale-Dime to quarter sized hail fell in very heavy rain.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLawndale-A few trees and several large branches were blown down in various shelterbelts in northern Deerhorn Township.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLawndale-A large enclosed horse trailer was blown off Interstate 94 near mile point 30. The time and location were based on preliminary state patrol reports.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLawndale-Several sections of corn, soybeans, and other crops were flattened by damaging winds affecting portions of Manston, Tanbers, Atherton, and Prairie View Townships in northeast Wilkin County. Most shelterbelts had numerous large tree branches broken down and an occasional tree snapped near ground level. Peak winds were estimated in excess of 75 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLawndale-Several 3 to 5 inch diameter tree branches were blown down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindLawndale-Trees were blown down in a shelterbelt near the Clay and Wilkin County line.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindLawndale-Several large tree limbs were blown down.
August 2005Flash FloodLawndale-Numerous township roads were flooded over the northeast portion of Wilkin county.
May 2004Flash FloodLawndale-[A surface low tracked across northern South Dakota, southeast North Dakota, and into northern Minnesota. A strong thermal gradient set up across eastern ND and the northwest quarter of MN. Temperatures rose into the lower 80s across southeast ND and west central MN (with low 60 dew points) by the afternoon of the 11th. Afternoon highs on the 11th along the Canadian border only peaked out in the upper 30s and lower 40s. Strong south-southeast winds surged plenty of moisture into the system. Severe weather broke out by early evening (11th) over southeast ND and it progressed north and east. The largest hail and scattered tornadoes formed in the four county corners of Clay, western Becker, western Otter Tail, and Wilkin. Training thunderstorms along this four county corridor dropped heavy amounts of rain (4-6 inches), causing some flash flooding across the Barnesville, Cormorant, Lawndale, Pelican Rapids, and Detroit Lakes areas. Streets were flooded and barricaded in the larger towns and lakes rose over docks. There were also reports of stalled cars due to high water levels on roadways. As temperatures fell to the middle to upper 20s overnight into the morning of the 12th, accumulating ice and snow occurred in counties along the Canadian border in northeast ND. One-half to one inch of ice accumulated on exposed surfaces, wrecking havoc on rural electrical lines and trees. Roughly 1200 customers in Cavalier and Ramsey counties lost power. As estimated 750 power poles were downed, causing $1.5 million in damages. Strong winds behind the cold front helped cause a domino-effect in snapping stretches of power poles. Power restoration efforts took up to 2 weeks for some customers. Most power pole damage occurred east of highway 1 from from Canada to Fairdale. An official from Cavalier county estimated 25 percent of the trees in the county were damaged or destroyed. Emerging crops also were damaged. Long duration county and river flooding also became an issue across extreme northwest MN, with 3-6 inches of rain also falling in these areas toward midnight on the 11th. Flood warnings were issued for Roseau and Marshall counties, the Roseau River at Roseau, and the Two Rivers River at Hallock. The city of Roseau was only hit by record flooding two years ago, in 2002.]
July 2017HailLawndale-no account filed
July 2010HailLawndale-no account filed
July 2010HailLawndale-no account filed
May 2010HailLawndale-no account filed
August 2005HailLawndale-no account filed
May 2004HailLawndale-no account filed
May 2004HailLawndale-no account filed
May 2004HailLawndale-no account filed
August 2002HailLawndale-no account filed
July 2000HailLawndale-no account filed
September 1998HailLawndale-no account filed
June 1998HailLawndale-no account filed
June 1998HailLawndale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wilkin 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
Rothsay7.1 miles11
Kent19.1 miles9
Foxhome19.5 miles11
Wolverton19.8 miles22
Brushvale19.8 miles11
McCauleyville20.1 miles9
Everdell20.1 miles11
Breckenridge23.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 646532. 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.