BlockMarna, Minnesota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Emerald Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56013. The Survey maps it on the Elmore quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Elmore quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
3,610 words on this townshipThe History of Faribault County, Minnesota : from Its First Settlement to the Close of the Year 1879 : the Story of the Pioneers, published 1896 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Emerald Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Emerald Township - 3,610 words.
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marna in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 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 | Hail | Marna | - | Reported by the public near the intersection of County Road 4 and County Road 13. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frost | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Dell | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Blue Earth | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Riverside Heights | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Elmore | 8.2 miles | 6 | |
| Brush Creek | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Bricelyn | 10.8 miles | 8 | |
| Delavan | 11.2 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654820. 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.