BlockSouth Branch, Minnesota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in South Branch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56081. The Survey maps it on the Saint James East quadrangle. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS St James East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Branch in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 9 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Branch | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | South Branch | - | Spotter watched tornado move from north to south along 750th Avenue. Corn was damaged, along with a few trees and large branches. Multiple eyewitnesses. |
| September 2010 | Heavy Rain | South Branch | - | A trained spotter measured 9.82 inches of rainfall overnight. |
| April 2026 | Hail | South Branch | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | South Branch | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | South Branch | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | South Branch | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | South Branch | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | South Branch | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | South Branch | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | South Branch | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | South Branch | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisville | 6.5 miles | 6 | |
| Echols | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Saint James | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Saint James Place | 8.3 miles | 7 | |
| Tenmile Corner | 9.1 miles | 6 | |
| Grogan | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Odin | 10.3 miles | 6 | |
| La Salle | 12.9 miles | 10 |
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 South Branch | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28185103 | 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 652272. 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.