Marietta, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Augusta Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56257. The Survey maps it on the Marietta quadrangle. 116 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMarietta fell from 162 to 116 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 | 162 | |
| 2020 | 116 | -46 (-28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Bellingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Marietta between 1996 and 2010, burning about 48 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 29 acres | Morris National Wildlife Refuge | LARSON |
| 12 April 2010 | Natural | 19 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marietta in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 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 2009 | Flood | Marietta | $250,000 | Three township roads were closed due to flooding. In addition to the flooding, several roads and bridges needed repairs with county official estimating $250,000 in damages. This estimate was reported on March 29th. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta | - | Mesonet station MN059 T.h.212 - Marietta - Mp 1 measured a 57 kt wind gust at 3:40am and 3:45am LST. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta | - | Several large trees and power lines were blown down in Marietta, with the worst damage southeast of the town. Some damage occurred to local soybean crops. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta | - | A large tree was blown down on Highway 40 in far eastern Lac Qui Parle County. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Marietta | - | Several highways, and county roads were closed for a long period due to Spring snow melt along the Minnesota River, and several of its tributaries. Some of the major roads that were closed in Lac Qui Parle County includes 212, 75 and 40. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta | - | Observation taken from the MNDOT Road Weather sensor at Mehurin on Highway 212. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Marietta | - | Hail occurred in section 5 of Mehurin Township. Soybean crop damage reported in section 17 of Mehurin Township. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta | - | The fire department reported a wind gust of 60 MPH. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta | - | Measured by MNDOT Road Weather System. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Marietta | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Marietta | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Marietta | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Marietta | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Marietta | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nassau | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Haydenville | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Rosen | 10.1 miles | 7 | |
| Bellingham | 11.2 miles | 7 | |
| Madison | 11.7 miles | 6 | |
| Louisburg | 17.0 miles | 6 | |
| Dawson | 19.9 miles | 8 | |
| Providence | 20.1 miles | 8 |
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 Marietta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1912362 | 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 647534. 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.
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.




