BlockTabor, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Tabor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56762. The Survey maps it on the Tabor quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 10 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.
- 1918 USGS Warren quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Warren quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Tabor quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
21 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tabor in 21 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 10 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tabor | $30,000 | A quonset building was blown down. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tabor | $15,000 | A barn roof was blown off. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tabor | $500 | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tabor | - | Public reports 2 large trees uprooted in Tabor. Wind gust estimated. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Tabor | - | Crop damage was reported in Tabor Township from hail. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tabor | - | Roofing material was blown off a garage and a few large trees were blown down. |
| July 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Tabor | - | A persistent wall cloud with a brief funnel was reported by multiple observers as it passed from southeast Tabor Township into northwest Keystone Township. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Tabor | - | The large hail fell across northwest Tabor Township. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tabor | - | The wind gust was measured by a home weather station. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tabor | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tabor | - | Several large 6 to 8 inch diameter tree branches were broken down in shelterbelts. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Tabor | - | Excessive runoff from 4 to 6 inches of rain caused the local ditch network to overflow and flood fields and farmyards. Flash flooding affected several sections across northern portions of Ester and Northland Townships in extreme northwest Polk county. The heaviest rain centered on the Northland corner area near state highway 220. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Tabor | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Tabor | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Tabor | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Tabor | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Tabor | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Tabor | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Tabor | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Tabor | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Tabor | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 652976. 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.