BlockSterling Center, Minnesota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sterling Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56010. It stands on Rice Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sterling Center quadrangle. It stands 1,010 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
- 1967 USGS Sterling Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sterling Center in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain. 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 | Heavy Rain | Sterling Center | - | Cocorahs station MN-BU-45 Good Thunder 2.0 W. 72 hour storm total of 5.05 inches. |
| May 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Sterling Center | - | A photo was provided showing a funnel cloud that appeared to be quite close to the ground. However, it was not possible to determine if it ever made ground contact. A broadcast meteorologist surveyed the area and could find no evidence of damage. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sterling Center | - | Two large trees blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amboy | 4.4 miles | 6 | |
| Vernon Center | 6.2 miles | 6 | |
| Mapleton | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Good Thunder | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Beauford | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Willow Creek | 10.2 miles | 6 | |
| Garden City | 10.8 miles | 12 | |
| Rapidan | 13.0 miles | 12 |
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 Sterling Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48848767 | 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 652621. 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.