Nassau, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 56257. The Survey maps it on the Marietta quadrangle. 65 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,129 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNassau fell from 72 to 65 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 | 72 | |
| 2020 | 65 | -7 (-10%) |
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 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Nassau between 2005 and 2010, burning about 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 2010 | Natural | 19 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nassau: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stoupman Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nassau in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2007: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | $3,000 | Machine shed down. Shingles off roofs. Numerous trees toppled. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | - | Trees down. Gravity boxes rolled across yard. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | - | Numerous trees down in a 5 mile wide swath that included the cities of Nassau and Marietta. Some trees toppled onto houses and vehicles. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Nassau | - | Wind driven hail dented siding on a few houses and chipped paint on several others. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Nassau | - | Strong thunderstorm winds and hail damaged an estimated 20,000 acres of crops. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nassau | - | Strong thunderstorm winds and hail damaged an estimated 20,000 acres of crops. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Nassau | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Rosen | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Haydenville | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Bellingham | 9.4 miles | 7 | |
| Madison | 13.5 miles | 6 | |
| Louisburg | 15.8 miles | 6 | |
| Cerro Gordo | 21.6 miles | 6 | |
| Dawson | 22.4 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 Nassau | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2228508 | 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 648430. 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.




