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Rollag, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Parke Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56549. The Survey maps it on the Rollag quadrangle. It stands 1,368 feet above sea level.

Rollag within Clay County

On record in Rollag

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

4 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Rollag between 1994 and 2015, burning about 374 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
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
16 July 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresDetroit Lakes Wetland Management DistrictROLLOG SOUTH
13 April 2015Debris and open burning315 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 November 1994Arson/incendiarism55 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rollag: 5 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bergan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clay County Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hoyum S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Most PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thompson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rollag in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 12 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2004Tornado (F1)Rollag$100,000Several buildings were damaged at the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion grounds near Rollag. Some antique farm machinery inside the buildings was also damaged.
July 2020Tornado (EF0)Rollag-A weak tornado formed in the bookend vortex portion of a squall line. The tornado knocked down sunflowers and left a distinctive swirl pattern. Peak winds were estimated at 65 mph.
June 2013HailRollag-Dime to quarter sized hail fell.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindRollag-Four inch diameter tree branches were blown down near Clay County Road 10 between Donner and Rollag.
July 2012HailRollag-The hail was mostly half-inch size, but there were some as large as pennies.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRollag-A couple of trees fell onto a camper trailer in the city park.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRollag-Numerous 8 to 10 inch diameter tree branches were blown down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindRollag-Many large tree branches were broken off.
June 2005Tornado (F1)Rollag-Intermittent tornado touchdowns occurred to the Becker county line about 4 miles northeast of Rollag. The tornado continued into Becker county.
June 2005Flash FloodRollag-Prolonged heavy rains and excessive runoff caused a basement to flood.
July 2017HailRollag-no account filed
June 2016HailRollag-no account filed
July 2012HailRollag-no account filed
July 2012HailRollag-no account filed
August 2011HailRollag-no account filed
August 2007HailRollag-no account filed
June 2002HailRollag-no account filed
June 2001HailRollag-no account filed
July 2000HailRollag-no account filed
June 1996HailRollag-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Tansem4.5 miles11
Hawley10.6 miles8
Winnipeg Junction10.8 miles7
Barnesville11.4 miles9
Dale11.4 miles7
Manitoba Junction11.5 miles7
Muskoda12.3 miles9
Downer13.2 miles9

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 RollagAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7360957The 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 650230. 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.