Le Sueur, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Le Sueur City. It lies in ZIP code area 56058. It stands on Forest Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Le Sueur quadrangle. 4,213 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 774 feet above sea level.
On record in Le Sueur
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 7 records
German Evangelical Salem Churchlisted 1982
Dr. William W. Mayo Houselisted 1969- Carson H. Cosgrove Houselisted 1982
- Le Sueur Public Schoollisted 2026
- Needham-Hayes Houselisted 1982
- Smith-Cosgrove Houselisted 1982
- George W. Taylor Houselisted 1975
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Le Sueur quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Faribault quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Le Sueur in 2012, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BLAKELY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Le Sueur: 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Wing Sewer Pipe Pit No 3 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mullenaheur Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
20 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Le Sueur in 20 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Sueur | $25,000 | Several large trees and power lines were blown down. In addition, some structural damage occurred to a building. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Sueur | $1,000 | There were a number of large tree limbs blown down near Le Sueur. One that was 12 inches in diameter. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Sueur | - | Multiple large trees were blown down. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | Le Sueur | - | Nearly 3 inches of rain fell in northern Le Sueur county. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Le Sueur | - | There was a swath of large hail, which moved from Le Sueur, northeast to around Heidelberg. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Sueur | - | Several trees were blown down in Le Sueur. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Le Sueur | - | Several county roads, including 116, 117, 188 and 28 were closed due to excessive rainfall and washout roadways. There were also reports of trees downed along roads due to the saturated soils and gusty winds. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Le Sueur | - | Crop damage was reported due to the combination of strong winds and hail across northern Le Sueur County. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Sueur | - | Several large tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2012 | Flash Flood | Le Sueur | - | The underpass on Bridge Street was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Sueur | - | Large trees toppled in residential yard, along with thirty foot steel windmill. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Le Sueur | - | Highway 13 barricaded near Montgomery. A few roads were also barricaded near Le Sueur. Rainfall totaled 6 inches in Le Center. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Le Sueur | - | Twelve thousand acres of crop damage reported just north and east of the city, as reported by the Le Sueur Free Press. The County Emergency Manager reported most of the damage occurred in Tyron and Lexington townships. There was 100 percent loss to much of the corn, soybeans and small grain crops according to University of Minnesota Extension Agent Dave Pfarr. Reports of tennis ball (2.5 inch) and baseball size hail (2.75 inch) were described in the newspaper, but time and location were not given. |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Le Sueur | - | At least six inches of water on roads. Gravel washed out of parking lots. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Sueur | - | At least 25 large trees were downed across Le Sueur. One tree fell onto a home at Nichols Court and caused considerable damage to the roof and an upstairs bedroom. Another tree blocked County Road 112. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Sueur | - | A machine shed was blown over. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Le Sueur | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Le Sueur | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Le Sueur | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Le Sueur | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsway Estates | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Ottawa | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Henry | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Thomas | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Cleveland | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Le Center | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lexington | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Kasota | 11.9 miles | 13 |
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 Le Sueur | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1924183 | 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 654787. 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.





