BlockOrg, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bigelow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56187. The Survey maps it on the Bigelow quadrangle. It stands 1,660 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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
- 1960 USGS Bigelow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Worthington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Org in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Hail | Org | - | Hail was mostly pea size, with several as large as a quarter. Winds accompanying the hail were estimated to be around 45 mph. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Org | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Org | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including numerous branches blown down. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Org | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of several streets and other low areas. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Org | - | Heavy rain caused flooding of streets in and near Worthington, including the intersection of 10th Street and 8th Avenue, and the Highway 59/60 underpass. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Org | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Org | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Org | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worthington | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bigelow | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ransom | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Rushmore | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Reading | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Round Lake | 10.1 miles | 7 | |
| Brewster | 12.6 miles | 8 | |
| Adrian | 15.4 miles | 7 |
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 Org | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7101728 | 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 654860. 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.