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New London, Minnesota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New London City. It lies in ZIP code area 56273. The Survey maps it on the New London quadrangle. 1,252 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,207 feet above sea level.

New London within Kandiyohi County

On record in New London

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

New London grew from 1,251 to 1,252 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,251
20201,252+1 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

Fires near this place

17 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of New London between 1993 and 2020, burning about 784 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning6
Arson/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
8 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresLitchfield Wetland Management DistrictCASEYLAKE
10 June 1995Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresLitchfield Wetland Management DistrictRAYMOND
3 May 1994Debris and open burning5.0 acresLitchfield Wetland Management DistrictCOKATO
24 May 1997Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresLitchfield Wetland Management DistrictOAK
15 May 2020Arson/incendiarism130 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 May 1997Debris and open burning17 acresLitchfield Wetland Management DistrictGILBERTS
13 May 1994Debris and open burning43 acresLitchfield Wetland Management DistrictSWANLAKE3
8 April 2000Debris and open burning10 acresLitchfield Wetland Management DistrictMUD LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kandiyohi County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of New London: 6 producers. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Central Allied Enterprises IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Goodall Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Goodall Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hegstrom PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oscar Erickson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ringo Lake Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kandiyohi County

Storms near this place

51 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New London in 51 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 32 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 funnel cloud. 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNew London$200,000A large machine shed was destroyed. Several dozen large trees and power poles were uprooted or broken. A pontoon was flipped and there was some soffit and shingle damage to a couple houses.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNew London$50,000A spotter with New London Fire and EMS measured 68 mph winds just southeast of Lake Andrew.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindNew London$10,000Several power poles were blown down near New London.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindNew London-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree in New London.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindNew London-Trees and power lines were down north of Spicer.
July 2023Tornado (EF0)New London-A brief tornado formed along a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) and moved into New London. It took part of the roof off of three homes and a large shed. Other homes sustained shingle, soffit, and siding damage. At least 200 trees were broken or uprooted. Some of the adjacent damage appeared to be associated with inflow winds. The tornado was associated with a surge in the QLCS which then caused damaging downburst winds that started several miles west of New London and continued into Meeker County (see separate entries).
July 2018Funnel CloudNew London-Funnel clouds were reported between Spicer, and Paynesville, on Highway 23.
August 2015Tornado (EF0)New London-There was a brief touchdown just north of Norway Lake. It was mostly over an open field, but it did hit a couple trees. The tornado was filmed by multiple storm chasers and witnessed by fire department personnel.
August 2015Tornado (EF0)New London-There was a brief touchdown just north of Games Lake. It was over an open field, and was filmed by multiple storm chasers.
August 2015Funnel CloudNew London-Several funnel clouds were reported north of New London.
August 2013Tornado (EF0)New London-Large branches were down, some corn was damaged, and a heavy cap was lifted off some farm equipment. Two storm chasers photographed/videod the storm while other chasers were caught in the rain or behind rain curtains and their view was shrouded.
June 2012Heavy RainNew London-An observer measured 3.21 inches of rainfall in the last 24 hours.
May 2008HailNew London-Hail reported at County Road 40.
May 2008HailNew London-Hail occurred at County Road 36 Northwest of Norway Lake.
May 2008HailNew London-Hail reported at Sibley State Park.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNew London-A tree was downed onto North Shore Drive.
September 2005HailNew London-Golf ball sized hail fell at Games Lake. A number of campers at the lake campground suffered dents and puncture holes in awnings.
June 2003Flash FloodNew London-Flooding occurred in northern portion of county. New London recieved three inches of rain in 30 minutes. Parking lots and interesctions were flooded in Spicer.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindNew London-Power lines down. Winds estimated.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindNew London-Roof torn off restaurant.
July 1995HailNew London-Eight mile hail swath from just southeast of New London ,to the county line northeast of Hawick. Hail produced extensive crop damage.
September 2019HailNew London-no account filed
June 2017HailNew London-no account filed
July 2017HailNew London-no account filed
July 2017HailNew London-no account filed
July 2017HailNew London-no account filed
July 2017HailNew London-no account filed
July 2017HailNew London-no account filed
August 2015HailNew London-no account filed
August 2015HailNew London-no account filed
August 2013HailNew London-no account filed
August 2013HailNew London-no account filed
August 2013HailNew London-no account filed
July 2008HailNew London-no account filed
July 2008HailNew London-no account filed
May 2008HailNew London-no account filed
June 2008HailNew London-no account filed
June 2007HailNew London-no account filed
April 2005HailNew London-no account filed
September 2005HailNew London-no account filed
June 2003HailNew London-no account filed
July 2002HailNew London-no account filed
August 2001HailNew London-no account filed
June 1999HailNew London-no account filed
May 1998HailNew London-no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindNew London-no account filed
June 1997HailNew London-no account filed
June 1996HailNew London-no account filed
June 1996HailNew London-no account filed
July 1996Funnel CloudNew London-no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindNew London-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kandiyohi 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
Spicer4.7 miles10
Hawick7.0 miles8
Regal9.0 miles8
Norway Lake10.2 miles8
Kandiyohi11.7 miles10
Willmar13.4 miles10
Parkwood Estates14.0 miles10
Atwater14.2 miles10

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 New LondonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2228487The 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 648513. 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.