Minnesota City, Minnesota
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Minnesota City City. It lies in ZIP code area 55959. It stands on Rollingstone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winona West quadrangle. 202 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMinnesota City fell from 204 to 202 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 | 204 | |
| 2020 | 202 | -2 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1929 USGS Fountain City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Winona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Winona quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Winona West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Minnesota City between 1992 and 2010, burning about 69 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 10 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 June 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 June 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Winona District of the Upper Mississippi Complex | GRAFF |
| 1 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1992 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Winona District of the Upper Mississippi Complex | WINONA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Minnesota City: 11 occurrences, 8 producers, 7 past producers, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biesanz Winona Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Patzner Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Biesanz Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rivers Breeze Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Waumandee Creek Sand Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Waumandee Creek Sand Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Winona Aggregate Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bronk Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Donald Rumpel Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Feeder Stream Dolomite Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minnesota City in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 5 hail, 4 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnesota City | $18,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnesota City | $7,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Minnesota City | $5,000 | The public relayed numerous reports of mudslides along Highway 61 in Winona County. |
| July 2024 | Flood | Minnesota City | - | Significant rainfall throughout June pushed the Mississippi River at Minnesota City into flood stage in June and continued into July. The river stage crested during the morning on July 1st in minor flood stage at 661.94 ft. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Minnesota City | - | The public reported half dollar sized hail near Minnesota City. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Minnesota City | - | The public reported two inch diameter hail just southwest of Minnesota City. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Minnesota City | - | Significant rainfall throughout June pushed the Mississippi River at Minnesota City into flood stage of 660.0 ft on June 25th. The river stage continued to rise through the end of the month while remaining in minor flood stage. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Minnesota City | - | Significant upstream runoff from the combination of rainfall and rapidly melting snow pushed the Mississippi River at Minnesota City into flood stage on April 16th. A crest of 664.30 ft above sea level occurred on April 25th, 4.3 ft over flood stage. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Minnesota City | - | The combination of heavy rainfall and rapidly melting snow resulted in the fifth highest crest on record at the Minnesota City Dam towards the end of April. Subsequent dry conditions allowed the Mississippi River to slowly recede and drop below minor flood stage at the Minnesota City Dam on May 3rd. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Minnesota City | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Minnesota City. |
| September 2010 | Heavy Rain | Minnesota City | - | Storm total rainfall was 6.37 inches. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Minnesota City | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Minnesota City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rollingstone | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Goodview | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Stockton | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Whitman | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Winona | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Morningside Terrace | 8.1 miles | 18 | |
| Sugarloaf | 8.1 miles | 18 | |
| Oakridge | 9.2 miles | 14 |
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 Minnesota City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2228014 | 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 647934. 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.







