BlockReading, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Summit Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56165. The Survey maps it on the Reading quadrangle. It stands 1,703 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 Reading quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Worthington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reading in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reading | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed at least two silos, blowing one of them halfway across a field. The winds damaged and moved another silo, larger than the others, off its foundation. The winds also caused tree damage, including several trees blown down. Tree debris broke a window in a mobile home. The winds damaged crops, especially corn, but the amount of crop damage could not be determined. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Reading | $10,000 | A brief touchdown occurred in a corn field, with an observed twisting to the crops. The tornado travelled a very short distance to the northeast and lifted as it moved near a small hog house. The hog house was slightly displaced from its foundation. Property damage costs are rough estimates. |
| August 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Reading | $10,000 | A brief tornado spun up a mile and a half northwest of Reading, uprooting a tree and taking down several other branches. While most of the damage along the path toward the east-northeast was to trees and crops, one house had some minor damage with removal of a section of roofing material. The average path width was 40 yards. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reading | - | A narrow path of crop damage, possibly related to a miso vortex within a broader wind field, was identified using Sentinel satellite imagery. |
| August 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Reading | - | Minnesota State Patrol reported a funnel cloud east of Rushmore on Interstate 90, near mile marker 37. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reading | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several branches. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reading | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including large branches blown down, and one old tree snapped off. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Reading | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Reading | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Reading | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Reading | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Reading | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reading | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Reading | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Reading | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pfingsten | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Wilmont | 7.4 miles | 7 | |
| Rushmore | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Worthington | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Org | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Kilian | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Ransom | 11.8 miles | 8 | |
| Adrian | 12.6 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 Reading | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7300451 | 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 649856. 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.