BlockPerth, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56062. The Survey maps it on the Perth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1953 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Perth quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Perth: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Price & Evans Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Flitter Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perth in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2010: 1 hail, 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perth | - | A Minnesota Department of Transportation wind sensor measured a wind gust of 51 knots. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Perth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butternut | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Rambush Estates II | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Crystal | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Garden City | 10.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cambria | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Judson | 11.8 miles | 12 | |
| Vernon Center | 12.9 miles | 6 | |
| Willow Creek | 13.6 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 Perth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20710287 | 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 654875. 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.