BlockNorthrop, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Northrop City. It lies in ZIP code area 56031. The Survey maps it on the Fairmont quadrangle. 223 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,145 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNorthrop fell from 227 to 223 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 | 227 | |
| 2020 | 223 | -4 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Northrop: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Northrop in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northrop | - | A few trees were blown down near Northrop. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Northrop | - | Spotters sent pictures of large hailstones. The hailstones were described as at least half dollar size. The hailstones could have been larger based on the picture. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northrop | - | A tree blew down and landed on power lines near Northrop. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northrop | - | Several trees were blown down north of Fairmont, near Northrop, Minnesota. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Northrop | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Northrop | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmont Estates | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Granada | 5.5 miles | 6 | |
| Fairmont | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Truman | 6.3 miles | 6 | |
| Imogene | 7.1 miles | 6 | |
| Nashville Center | 9.6 miles | 6 | |
| Welcome | 10.8 miles | 6 | |
| Fox Lake | 12.5 miles | 6 |
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 Northrop | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2229007 | 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 648729. 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.
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.