Sogn, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Warsaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55018. The Survey maps it on the Sogn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Sogn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
2,084 words on this townshipHistory of Goodhue County, Including a Sketch of the Territory and State of Minnesota; Together with an Account of the Early French Discoveries, Indian Massacres, the Part Borne by Minnesota's Patriots in the War of the Great Rebellion, and a Full and Complete History of the County from the Time of Its Occupancy by Swiss Missionaries in 1838. Pioneer Incidents, Biographical Sketches of Early and Prominent Settlers and Representative Men, and of Its Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc, published 1878; Goodhue County, Minnesota, Past and Present, published 1893; History of Dakota and Goodhue Counties, Minnesota /, published 1910 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Warsaw Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Warsaw Township - 2,084 words.
Fires near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Sogn in 1994, burning about 51 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 50 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 Sogn: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Spring Garden Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sogn in 7 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sogn | $3,000 | A few trees were blown down near Highway 52, south of Cannon Falls. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Sogn | - | There was 3 inch diameter hail that fell south of Cannon Falls. Buildings and vehicles were damaged in the area. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sogn | - | A NWS storm survey, plus drone footage of drone and satellite data, concluded that there was sporadic downburst wind damage approximately 3.5 miles south of Cannon Falls. There was no definite path of damage but more random uprooted trees. The damage is consistent with wind gusts of 85 mph. |
| July 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Sogn | - | A storm survey revealed a concentrated area of tree damage that was associated with an EF0 tornado from 6 miles east of Dennison, to approximately 8 miles east of Dennison. The path length was 2.6 miles, a width of 25 yards and lasted for approximately 3 minutes. No injuries or structural damage occurred. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sogn | - | A large barn was destroyed on a farm near the intersection of Highway 1 and 85th Avenue in Leon Township, Section 16. A building next to the barn was damaged by flying debris. The time was estimated. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Sogn | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Sogn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wangs | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Nansen | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Wastedo | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Dennison | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Stanton | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cannon Falls | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hader | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Belle Creek | 8.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 652224. 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.






