BlockPadua, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Raymond Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56378. The Survey maps it on the Padua quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Padua quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lake Minnewaska quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
620 words on this townshipHistory of Stearns County, Minnesota, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Raymond Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Raymond Township - 620 words.
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Padua between 1993 and 2017, burning about 421 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 June 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | TRISKO |
| 26 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 235 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 180 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Litchfield Wetland Management District | PADUA 4 |
| 20 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Litchfield Wetland Management District | PADUA 3 |
| 20 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Litchfield Wetland Management District | PADUA 2 |
| 20 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Litchfield Wetland Management District | PADUA 1 |
| 10 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | POPE WF |
Storms near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Padua in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Padua | $25,000 | Severe winds damaged a local farm's roof and several trees were uprooted southwest of Padua. |
| May 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Padua | - | Spotters and multiple storm chasers observed a tornado that tracked for approximately 1 mile, from 1 mile southeast of the intersection of 310th Street and 453rd NE, to the intersection of 310th Street and 453rd NE. The tornado was rated an EF0 and only affected farmland. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Padua | - | Strong winds were associated with a rear flank downdraft from a storm that would soon produce a tornado northwest of Elrosa at 1607 CST. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Padua | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Padua | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Padua | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Padua | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Padua | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elrosa | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Brooten | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Meire Grove | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Sauk Centre | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Greenwald | 10.5 miles | 8 | |
| Belgrade | 11.5 miles | 9 | |
| Spring Hill | 13.5 miles | 8 | |
| Melrose | 13.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 649110. 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.