BlockRush River, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Kelso Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56058. The Survey maps it on the Norseland 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 Norseland quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rush River in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2012: 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Flood | Rush River | $400,000 | Spring snow melt and rapid warming brought ice jams and flooding to portions of central and southern Minnesota. On the 14th, large ice chunks were pushed into the pilings of an old bridge on County Road 18 in eastern Sibley County, and the bridge was deemed beyond repair. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Rush River | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Rush River | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Rome | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Sibley Estates East | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Henderson | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Allansons Park | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Arlington | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| Jessenland | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| Gaylord | 10.8 miles | 11 | |
| Green Isle | 14.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654919. 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.