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Russell, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Russell City. It lies in ZIP code area 56169. It stands on Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Russell quadrangle. 348 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,522 feet above sea level.

Russell within Lyon County

Population over time

2 figures

Russell grew from 338 to 348 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.

YearPeople Change
2010338
2020348+10 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Russell between 2009 and 2013, burning about 192 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
12 May 2013Debris and open burning65 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined46 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 October 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined81 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Storms near this place

44 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Russell in 44 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 25 hail, 12 flood, 7 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2019FloodRussell$560,000Runoff following the major winter storm in mid-April produced considerable flooding of agricultural land. The Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) crested at 1.80 feet above flood stage on April 18.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindRussell$20,000Thunderstorm winds blew a pickup off the road. The winds also blew accompanying small hail enough to dent vehicles.
September 2019FloodRussell$10,000After excessive two-day rainfall during September 10-12 (5.70 inches at Marshall), the Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) reached the sixth highest stage on record of 1.81 feet above flood stage on September 12. Significant agricultural land was flooded, with numerous county roads under water.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindRussell$10,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindRussell$5,000Thunderstorm winds rolled a vehicle on a county road.
June 2024FloodRussell-The Redwood River at Russell rose above flood stage the evening of June 21st, cresting around 2.73 feet above flood stage (16.73 feet) on June 23rd. The river then fell below flood stage on the evening of June 27th. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for Lyon County.
April 2023FloodRussell-The Redwood River near Russell, MN rose above flood stage during the early morning of April 12th before cresting around 0.63 feet above flood stage (14.63 feet) on April 13th. The river then fell below flood stage on the evening of April 13th.
May 2022FloodRussell-An average of 2 to 3 inches of rainfall occurred in the upper portions of the Redwood River Basin, and resultant runoff produced a quick rise into minor flood stage. The Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) reached minor flood stage late on May 12, and crested 0.19 feet above flood stage on May 13. Small tracts of agricultural land succumbed to minor flooding.
March 2020FloodRussell-The Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) crested 0.46 feet above flood stage on March 9. Minor flooding of agricultural land was the main impact.
May 2019FloodRussell-The Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) reached a peak of 0.19 feet above flood stage on May 28. The main impact was inundation of agricultural land and additional delays to spring planting in the flood plain.
March 2019FloodRussell-Snow melt and heavy rainfall (measured 1.41 inches at Minneota and 1.61 inches at Lake Wilson) resulted in significant flooding of agricultural land. The Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) crested twice in the moderate level - initially on March 25 at 3.30 feet above flood stage, and second, the second highest stage on record cresting 4.50 feet above flood stage on March 28. The river remained in minor flood stage at the end of the month.
April 2019FloodRussell-Runoff from occasional precipitation in late March and very early April maintained significant flooding of agricultural and pasture lands near the Redwood River. The Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) crested at 0.80 feet above flood stage on April 8.
April 2018FloodRussell-Snow melt and runoff from periods of heavier rainfall briefly produced moderate flooding with impact to lowland agricultural areas. River levels reached 3.3 feet above flood stage on the Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) on April 24.
June 2018FloodRussell-A week of periodic heavy rainfall ending June 26 resulted in a widespread 2 to 5 inches of rainfall, much of which occurred on June 20 and 24. Weekly rainfall totals reached 4.08 inches 6 miles east of Ivanhoe, 2.79 inches at Minneota and 1.84 inches at Marshall. Minor flooding occurred with significant amounts of crop and pasture land inundated as the Redwood River at Russell (gage site RUSM5) crested 1.7 feet above flood stage on June 24. The river dropped below flood stage on June 27.
July 2018FloodRussell-Significant amounts of crop and pasture land near the Redwood River were severely impacted by moderate flooding as river levels climbed to 4.2 feet above flood stage at Russell (gage site RUSM5) on July 4.
June 2012HailRussell-Large hail caused an unknown amount of crop damage.
June 2012HailRussell-Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to vehicles and roofs.
June 2012HailRussell-Large hail broke windows, and damaged roofs, vehicles, and crops. The amount of damage was not known.
July 2011HailRussell-Large hail was accompanied by damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRussell-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a few trees uprooted. The winds were accompanied by quarter size hail.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRussell-Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches blown down.
August 2008HailRussell-Large hail was reported at Camden State Park.
August 2008HailRussell-Large hail was accompanied by 40 to 50 mph wind gusts.
June 2007HailRussell-Large hail caused an unknown amount of crop damage.
June 2007HailRussell-Large hail caused severe damage to soybean fields. The amount of crop damage was not known.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRussell-Thunderstorm winds caused crop damage, mainly to corn. The amount of crop damage was not known, as some of the corn recovered during the next few days after the event. However, damage was still suspected because, according to the Lyon County extension educator, the storm occurred during the pollenation period, when stalks should be upright for successful pollenation.
September 2016HailRussell-no account filed
July 2016HailRussell-no account filed
June 2012HailRussell-no account filed
June 2012HailRussell-no account filed
April 2011HailRussell-no account filed
April 2011HailRussell-no account filed
June 2007HailRussell-no account filed
June 2006HailRussell-no account filed
June 2005HailRussell-no account filed
June 2005HailRussell-no account filed
May 2004HailRussell-no account filed
June 2004HailRussell-no account filed
July 2003HailRussell-no account filed
June 2003HailRussell-no account filed
May 2002HailRussell-no account filed
June 2001HailRussell-no account filed
June 1999HailRussell-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindRussell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lyon 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
Burchard4.8 miles9
Lynd5.6 miles9
Balaton7.3 miles10
Florence7.8 miles8
Village Park11.9 miles11
Marshall12.4 miles11
Garvin Park12.4 miles11
Garvin12.6 miles10

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 RussellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2228346The 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 650423. 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.

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.