Lonsdale, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lonsdale City. It lies in ZIP code area 55046. The Survey maps it on the Lonsdale quadrangle. 4,686 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,093 feet above sea level.
On record in Lonsdale
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 2 records
Den Svenska Evangeliska Lutherska Christdala Forsamlingenlisted 1995
Lonsdale Public Schoollisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresLonsdale grew from 3,674 to 4,686 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 | 3,674 | |
| 2020 | 4,686 | +1,012 (+28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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
- 1960 USGS Lonsdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Faribault quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Lonsdale: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Concrete Materials Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Elwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
32 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lonsdale in 32 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 20 hail, 4 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Lonsdale | $20,000,000 | Four homes and 6 businesses severely damaged. Street department building damaged. 20 farms damaged or destroyed. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lonsdale | $30,000 | Roof partially off house, and its garage also collapsed. Several sheds down, and numerous trees were toppled. |
| June 2020 | Flood | Lonsdale | - | Local officials closed Union Lake Trail between Garfield and Gonvick due to flood waters. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | The city of Lonsdale had hail, up to nickel size, fall for 5 minutes. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lonsdale | - | A 7 inch diameter tree limb was blown down in Lonsdale. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | There were numerous reports of large hail from north to east of Lonsdale, with the largest measured at 1.25 inches. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Lonsdale | - | A few streets in Lonsdale were closed due to high water. Flood waters also affected local businesses and homes with basement flooding. |
| June 2012 | Flash Flood | Lonsdale | - | Several roads were closed in northeast Rice County due to water over the road. Specifically, County Road 3, west of Webster, and County Road 42 and Kellogg Ave, south of Highway 19 was closed, with the shoulders washed out. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | Reported at intersection of County Rd. 4 and County Rd. 1. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lonsdale | - | A shed was damaged. Trees were downed along Arizona Street NW. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | Quarter to tennis ball sized hail fell. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Lonsdale | - | Tornado touched down briefly in open field. No damage reported. |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Lonsdale | - | A few trees down. Continuation of the Le Sueur County tornado. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lonsdale | - | Shed blown down. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lonsdale | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Lonsdale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trondjem | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Veseli | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Wheatland | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Webster | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Little Chicago | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Millersburg | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Shieldsville | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hazelwood | 8.1 miles | 11 |
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 Lonsdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2333599 | 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 647154. 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.
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.





