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New Richland, Minnesota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in New Richland City. It lies in ZIP code area 56072. The Survey maps it on the New Richland quadrangle. 1,229 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,181 feet above sea level.

New Richland within Waseca County

On record in New Richland

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

Population over time

2 figures

New Richland grew from 1,203 to 1,229 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
20101,203
20201,229+26 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

In the county-history sources

122 words on this township

Child's History of Waseca County, Minnesota : from Its First Settlement in 1854 to the Close of the Year 1904, a Record of Fifty Years : the Story of the Pioneers, published 1905 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on New Richland City covers the township.

Read the chapter on New Richland City - 122 words.

Storms near this place

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Richland in 33 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 13 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 2 flash flood. 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
June 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Richland$100,000A large church steeple was blown over, landing in the parking lot.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindNew Richland$50,000High thunderstorm winds blew a roof off of a 376-foot hog confinement building just south of New Richland.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindNew Richland-Several trees were downed, including one across a railroad track.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindNew Richland-There were photos of large tree branches down across town and several trees snapped near their base. Some branches were down on homes and power lines were down. Time was estimated via radar.
May 2023Flash FloodNew Richland-Emergency Management in Waseca County reported that street and small stream flooding was occurring in and about three miles north of New Richland, MN. There were also reports of numerous structures and homes with flooded basements. Approximately two miles north of New Richland, a trained spotter reported that heavy rains were allowing Boot Creek to flow about six feet out of its banks and it started to run over 120th Street (Paved elevated road). Approximately three miles north of New Richland, MN, heavy rainfall caused flooding of a roadway which cut off access to a household's driveway. New Richland City Administration confirmed that flash flood waters receded within 24 hours and no longer posed a threat to public safety.
August 2021Tornado (EF0)New Richland-A damage survey noted several trees were damaged at a farmstead, with large branches down. Satellite imagery showed more details to the tornado path. A time-stamped photo from a storm chaser showed a visible funnel in the area where the tornado damage occurred, and the photo was consistent with the tornado being in the flanking line.
August 2021Tornado (EF0)New Richland-Radar shows this tornado occurred with a flanking line, just south of precipitation echoes. A damage survey revealed mostly corn damage, but some large branches were knocked down at a farmstead and some plywood was blown into a field. The damage survey revealed it was tornadic. Satellite imagery revealed more detail about the exact path through fields. Storm chaser video definitely shows the tornado and correct time, which was consistent with this being a tornado from a flanking line.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Richland-A large tree was blown down at the intersection of 105th and 120th streets.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindNew Richland-Power lines were blown down in New Richland.
September 2016FloodNew Richland-Runoff from torrential rainfall that occurred across most of Waseca County Wednesday night, September 21st, caused numerous roads to remain impassable and closed.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNew Richland-Several areas in town were without power due to power lines blown down.
March 2010FloodNew Richland-Flood waters caused 160th Street, near New Richland to close.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindNew Richland-Several large trees were blown down near New Richland, Minnesota.
June 2006HailNew Richland-Hail covered the ground up to half an inch. Some small branches and leaves were removed from trees.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Richland-Power lines were downed.
June 2004Funnel CloudNew Richland-HAM Radio operators relayed a spotter report of a funnel cloud halfway down to the ground.
August 2004Flash FloodNew Richland-Widespread field and lowland flooding was reported around New Richland. A small creek overflowed into a ballpark in town.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNew Richland-Numerous ten inch diameter branches down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Richland-Trees and power lines down on southwest side of city. Grain bin lost its top.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindNew Richland-no account filed
August 2020HailNew Richland-no account filed
August 2018HailNew Richland-no account filed
June 2015HailNew Richland-no account filed
June 2010HailNew Richland-no account filed
March 2007HailNew Richland-no account filed
May 2006HailNew Richland-no account filed
October 2006HailNew Richland-no account filed
June 2004HailNew Richland-no account filed
May 2001HailNew Richland-no account filed
June 2001HailNew Richland-no account filed
June 1998HailNew Richland-no account filed
July 1997Funnel CloudNew Richland-no account filed
July 1997HailNew Richland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Waseca 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
Vista4.6 miles7
Otisco5.9 miles7
Matawan7.9 miles7
Wilton8.6 miles11
Saint Mary10.9 miles11
Waldorf11.2 miles7
Waseca12.7 miles11
Colony Court14.1 miles11

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 RichlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2228040The 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 648518. 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.

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.