BlockShirley, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fanny Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56716. The Survey maps it on the Crookston quadrangle. It stands 906 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Crookston quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Crookston quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Crookston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shirley in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shirley | - | Crookston airport AWOS measured peak gust via 1 min observation. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shirley | - | AWOS station at Crookston Airport reports a 59 mph gust. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Shirley | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Shirley | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Shirley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hixon | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Noyes Junction | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Anglim | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Forest Knolls Estates | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Crookston | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Euclid | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Riverview Terrace | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Carman Terrace | 7.7 miles | 9 |
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 Shirley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22060279 | 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 654939. 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.