BlockSalem Corners, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55920. The Survey maps it on the Salem Corners quadrangle.
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 High Forest quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Salem Corners quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Salem Corners in 1992, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Salem Corners: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maywood Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Nereson Qsuarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salem Corners in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salem Corners | $3,000 | Trees were snapped off and a basketball pole was damaged southwest of Rochester. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Salem Corners | $500 | Thunderstorm winds were estimated to 60 mph, along with baseball-size hail in Salem Corners or 7 SW Rochester. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salem Corners | $500 | Thunderstorm winds were estimated to 60 mph, along with baseball-size hail in Salem Corners or 7 SW Rochester. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salem Corners | $500 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Hail | Salem Corners | - | The public reported dime sized hail 5 miles southwest of Rochester. The report was relayed via mPING. |
| July 2011 | Flood | Salem Corners | - | Locally heavy rains in Rochester flooded several city streets dislodging some manhole covers. |
| August 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Salem Corners | - | Air traffic controllers at the Rochester International Airport could see a funnel cloud to the southwest of the airport. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Salem Corners | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Salem Corners | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Salem Corners | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Salem Corners | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanty Town | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Byron | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Rock Dell | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Golden Hill | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Post Town | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Rochester | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Danesville | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Genoa | 8.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 651111. 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.