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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.

New Prague within Le Sueur County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

1 since 1993

Regional 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 burning1

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
21 April 1993Debris and open burning3.0 acresChippewa National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Sueur County

Storms near this place

21 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998HailNew Prague$20,000,000Numerous houses and vehicles damaged by wind-driven hail. Damage estimate for entire county.
August 2006HailNew Prague$1,000,000Vehicles, homes and businesses damaged on the south side of New Prague.
November 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Prague$1,000Roof and siding damage occurred at a home in New Prague.
June 2024Heavy RainNew 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 2022HailNew Prague-There was a Facebook picture of golf ball size hail in New Prague.
June 2021HailNew Prague-Social media had a picture of golf ball size hail near new Prague.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindNew 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 2017Tornado (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 2013Heavy RainNew Prague-A measured rainfall amount of 3.83 inches fell in less than 3 hours.
June 2010Tornado (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 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Prague-A large tree fell onto a house at the intersection of Central Avenue and First Street SE.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindNew Prague-A wind gust of 66 MPH was recorded by a MNDOT weather sensor. Trees and power lines were downed nearby.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindNew Prague-Reported by MNDOT road weather system.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindNew Prague-Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
May 2012HailNew Prague-no account filed
June 2012HailNew Prague-no account filed
June 2007HailNew Prague-no account filed
August 2006HailNew Prague-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Prague-no account filed
June 1998HailNew Prague-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Prague-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Le Sueur 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
Heidelberg4.5 miles10
Union Hill4.8 miles11
Montgomery7.2 miles10
Lexington9.7 miles10
Saint Thomas10.1 miles10
Doyle11.9 miles10
Le Center13.4 miles10
Cordova15.2 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 PragueAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1901204The 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.