BlockLeavenworth, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Leavenworth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56085. The Survey maps it on the Leavenworth quadrangle.
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.
- 1953 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Leavenworth in 2020, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Leavenworth: 4 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Benson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Duininck and Gilchrist Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shoemacher Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leavenworth in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail. 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 | Tornado (EF1) | Leavenworth | $300,000 | Photographed by storm chaser. The tornado destroyed two barns, a farm shop, five pickup trucks, a semi-tractor, and a farm tractor. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Leavenworth | $50,000 | This tornado mostly moved across open fields, but it did strike one farmstead. About one dozen trees were broken and minor structural damage occurred to several outbuildings. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leavenworth | $10,000 | A local TV station forwarded wind damage near Leavenworth where a shed's roof was blown off and some minor tree damage . |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leavenworth | - | Several large tree branches snapped at a home west of Leavenworth. |
| October 2023 | Hail | Leavenworth | - | Golf ball to tennis ball sized hail caused damage to house and vehicle 1 mile northwest of Leavenworth, MN. |
| August 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Leavenworth | - | Satellite imagery revealed a damage path through crops, and a damage survey noted large branches down in two locations. Time based on radar. QLCS tornado. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leavenworth | - | Thousands of acres of corn were flattened by intense west and northwest winds across a broad area in western and southern Brown County. Some trees were blown down or damaged as well, including at a park on the northeast side of Altermatt Lake. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leavenworth | - | A narrow path of crop damage, possibly related to a misovortex within a broader wind field, was identified using Sentinel satellite imagery. It was not possible to correlate the crop damage with any radar circulation. |
| March 1998 | Hail | Leavenworth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobden | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Iberia | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Sleepy Eye | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Stark | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Springfield | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Evan | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Comfrey | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Dotson | 10.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 646567. 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.