BlockLockhart, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lockhart Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56510. The Survey maps it on the Lockhart quadrangle. It stands 896 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1924 USGS Ada quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Lockhart quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lockhart in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 6 hail, 3 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Lockhart | $2,000 | This tornado began in Norman County, Minnesota, about three miles north-northeast of Lockhart. It tracked about a mile in Norman County, before it crossed into Polk County, where it continued about another three miles. The tornado ended at 701 PM CST, just past the community of Beltrami, Polk County. Peak winds were estimated at 105 mph. |
| July 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Lockhart | - | A tornado tracked NW to SE with a final S push as it occluded. It tracked for about 5.3 miles, starting in Polk County, then continuing into Norman County. After crossing into Norman County, this tornado scoured a soybean/corn field before doing damage to some farm outbuildings. This track may be adjusted pending high resolution satellite imagery. UPDATE 7/22: Track adjusted based on Sentinel-2 imagery. EF0 damage was noted in Polk County, with EF1 damage in Norman County. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Lockhart | - | Tornado confirmed to go through a tree grove near Lockhart and cause damage. Damage to softwood trees was found with no other damage discerned as it tracked northwest into open fields thus the tornado was given an EF-0 rating. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockhart | - | A few 4 to 6 inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockhart | - | Several large tree branches and limbs were broken down across Goodhope and Lockhart townships. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Lockhart | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Lockhart | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Lockhart | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Lockhart | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Lockhart | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Lockhart | - | 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 Lockhart | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6665483 | 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 646992. 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.
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.