BlockProvidence, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Providence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56232. The Survey maps it on the Providence quadrangle.
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.
- 1953 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Providence quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Providence in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 7 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Providence | - | Many county and township roadways were washed out and damaged from the round of storms on June 28th. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Providence | - | Local farmers indicated significant damage to their corn crop. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Providence | - | Ground nearly white. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Providence | - | Hailed for 10 minutes. |
| June 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Providence | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Providence | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Providence | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Providence | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Providence | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Boyd | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Madison | 12.9 miles | 6 | |
| Cerro Gordo | 15.6 miles | 6 | |
| Lac qui Parle | 15.9 miles | 9 | |
| Haydenville | 16.0 miles | 7 | |
| Marietta | 20.1 miles | 8 | |
| Bellingham | 22.8 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 649749. 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.