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Luxemburg, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in St. Augusta City. It lies in ZIP code area 56301. The Survey maps it on the Saint Augusta quadrangle.

Luxemburg within Stearns County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

In the county-history sources

1,371 words on this township

History of Stearns County, Minnesota, published 1915 names this settlement in its chapter on St. Augusta City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The history of townships always clusters around certain centers, and what the village of St. Augusta was to the eastern part of the township, the little borough of Luxemburg was to the western part of it. Peter Lommel and Joseph Schoen appear to have been some of the earliest settlers, locating a few miles north of Luxemburg, on the St. Cloud road. John P. Hammerel, whose memory is well preserved among early settlers of Stearns county, opened a small store at Luxemburg in the early sixties, and after a Catholic congregation had been organized. The first postoffice in this end of the town was named West St. Augusta, but the name was later changed to Luxemburg Postoffice. John Moritz opened a blacksmith shop at Luxemburg about 1900. There is one store in the village, Paul Bach being the proprietor.

Passage source: History of Stearns County, Minnesota, published 1915.

The creamery at Luxemburg was organized in 1900 and a building erected in May of that year. There were 33 members of the association, who elected Jacob Weiler, president; Chas. Held, vice-president; Henry Brauch, secretary; J. B. Otto, treasurer; P. J. Winter, manager; Harry Zenner, Albert Bramer, D. Lommel, directors. The present officers are: Henry Lemm, president; Harry Zenner, vice-president; Stephen Strack, secretary and manager; J. B. Otto, treasurer; Nic Ranch, Henry Hansen, Adolph Iten, directors.

Passage source: History of Stearns County, Minnesota, published 1915.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on St. Augusta City.

Fires near this place

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Luxemburg between 1998 and 2013, burning about 182 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
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 April 2004Debris and open burning30 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 April 2013Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 1998Debris and open burning150 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stearns County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Luxemburg: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Rockville ShopGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stommes Stearns County Sand & GraveSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Charcoal Gray QuarryGraniteProducer
Rockville Quarry No 1GraniteProducer
Rockville Quarry No 2GraniteProducer

Every working recorded in Stearns County

Storms near this place

22 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Luxemburg in 22 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 8 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Thunderstorm WindLuxemburg$1,000Several large tree branches were blown down south of St. Cloud, near Luxemburg.
April 2025HailLuxemburg-Photo measurement of quarter-size provided.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLuxemburg-Large tree measuring 1.5 feet in dimeter snapped about 7.5 feet above the base. Photo provided via social media.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindLuxemburg-Several 8-to-14-inch diameter tree limbs down.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLuxemburg-A tree limb measuring 14 inches in diameter was down along MN-15 and Beaver Lake Rd. A trained spotter measured 58 mph gusts and photographed the downed branch.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLuxemburg-A measured wind gust from a trained spotter.
September 2020HailLuxemburg-Hail accumulated up to 2 inches in depth.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindLuxemburg-A shed was damaged south of St. Augusta.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindLuxemburg-A private weather station measured a wind gust of 55 knots.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindLuxemburg-A measured wind report by a private weather station.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLuxemburg-A large tree was blown down south of St. Cloud, near County Road 7 and 192nd Street.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLuxemburg-A 1.5 foot diameter tree was uprooted at County Road 7, and 200th Street, south of St. Augusta.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLuxemburg-Several trees were uprooted at the intersection of Highway 15, and County Road 47.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLuxemburg-Stearns County Highway Department crews removed a large tree over County Road 146 southwest of Clearwater.
July 2025HailLuxemburg-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLuxemburg-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLuxemburg-no account filed
May 2012HailLuxemburg-no account filed
July 2011HailLuxemburg-no account filed
June 2010HailLuxemburg-no account filed
September 2005HailLuxemburg-no account filed
April 2004HailLuxemburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stearns 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
Saint Augusta2.6 miles10
Pleasant Lake3.8 miles8
Rockville5.2 miles8
Marty5.9 miles8
Waite Park7.3 miles12
Riverview Park7.7 miles12
Jacobs Prairie8.1 miles9
Saint Joseph8.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 647311. 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.