Racine, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Racine City. It lies in ZIP code area 55967. The Survey maps it on the Stewartville quadrangle. 458 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,293 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRacine grew from 442 to 458 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 | 442 | |
| 2020 | 458 | +16 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Stewartville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Stewartville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Racine between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 December 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 October 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Racine: 7 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bly Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Burger Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Grand Meadow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Le Roy Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cooper Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| E Walterman Reserve Mine | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Eisenman Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Mace Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Root Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Thorson Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Racine in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Flood | Racine | $850,000 | A few county roads were closed, including County Road 28 due to flooding. Also, city roads were closed in Austin, Grand Meadow, Adams and Le Roy, while evacuations of some apartments took place near Oakland Place in Austin. The rain began around 2 p.m. CST on the 22nd and continued through 10 p.m. CST on the 23rd. However, the majority of the rain fell by 7 a.m. CST on the 23rd. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Racine | $210,000 | This was the second tornado of the night across Mower County. This EF1 tornado formed south of Racine, moved northeast just missing the town and then dissipated northeast of Racine. This tornado lifted the roof off a home and destroyed some farm buildings. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Racine | $60,000 | A 32' x 172' dairy barn was blown down near Racine and another outbuilding was damaged. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Racine | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Racine | $35,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Racine | $30,000 | A metal pole shed was destroyed, trees were uprooted and large branches blown down in Racine. |
| August 2020 | Lightning | Racine | $30,000 | A barn northeast of Dexter was destroyed by a fire started by a lightning strike. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Racine | $15,000 | Farm outbuildings were damaged northeast of Grand Meadow. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Racine | $5,000 | Around 30 large pine trees were blown down south of Stewartville. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Racine | $3,000 | Several large trees were blown down southwest of Racine. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Racine | $750 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Racine | $500 | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Racine | - | Quarter sized hail fell north of Racine. |
| August 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Racine | - | A funnel cloud was reported, which lasted about five minutes. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Racine | - | Nickel size hail was estimated by fire department rescue squad. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Racine | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail was estimated by trained spotter. The hail fell for nearly 10 minutes. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Racine | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Racine | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Racine | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Racine | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Racine | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Racine | - | 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.
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 Racine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2228255 | 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 649786. 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.
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.





