New Prague, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in New Prague City. It lies in ZIP code area 56071. The Survey maps it on the New Prague quadrangle. 8,162 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 988 feet above sea level.
On record in New Prague
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 2 records
First National Banklisted 1982
Hotel Brozlisted 1982
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS New Prague quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS New Prague quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of New Prague in 1993, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Prague in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Hail | New Prague | $20,000,000 | Numerous houses and vehicles damaged by wind-driven hail. Damage estimate for entire county. |
| August 2006 | Hail | New Prague | $1,000,000 | Vehicles, homes and businesses damaged on the south side of New Prague. |
| November 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prague | $1,000 | Roof and siding damage occurred at a home in New Prague. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | New Prague | - | A total of 3 to 6 inches of rain fell from multiple rounds of thunderstorms. CoCoRaHS observers measured 5.80 inches near Waterville. |
| May 2022 | Hail | New Prague | - | There was a Facebook picture of golf ball size hail in New Prague. |
| June 2021 | Hail | New Prague | - | Social media had a picture of golf ball size hail near new Prague. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prague | - | Several large trees were blown down in New Prague, plus a road sign was blown down at the intersection of Highway 13, and 19, east of New Prague. |
| August 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | New Prague | - | A weak circulation developed south of New Prague and moved across the far southwest and western part of town, into Scott County. There was minor tree damage which matched up with radar. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | New Prague | - | A measured rainfall amount of 3.83 inches fell in less than 3 hours. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | New Prague | - | Several dozen trees were broken, garage doors were dented in, and damage was done to siding, soffits, and shingles on numerous houses. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prague | - | A large tree fell onto a house at the intersection of Central Avenue and First Street SE. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prague | - | A wind gust of 66 MPH was recorded by a MNDOT weather sensor. Trees and power lines were downed nearby. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prague | - | Reported by MNDOT road weather system. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prague | - | Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 2012 | Hail | New Prague | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | New Prague | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | New Prague | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | New Prague | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prague | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | New Prague | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prague | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidelberg | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Union Hill | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Montgomery | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Lexington | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Thomas | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Doyle | 11.9 miles | 10 | |
| Le Center | 13.4 miles | 10 | |
| Cordova | 15.2 miles | 10 |
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 Prague | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1901204 | 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 648516. 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.






