BlockTaopi, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Taopi City. It lies in ZIP code area 55977. The Survey maps it on the Adams quadrangle. 61 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,348 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTaopi grew from 58 to 61 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 58 | |
| 2020 | 61 | +3 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Adams quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taopi in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Taopi | 2 hurt, $1,600,000 | This EF2 tornado formed southwest of Taopi and quickly intensified and caused significant damage in Taopi. Most buildings were damaged and 10 were destroyed. Cars were tossed, grain bins destroyed, and numerous trees and power lines downed. Two people were injured seeking shelter from the storm when they became trapped under debris. Just outside of Taopi, part of the roof was removed from a farmhouse, several outbuildings were damaged, and several head of cattle were missing. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taopi | $16,000 | A garage was heavily damaged and a boat was flipped over. Some homes were also damaged in addition to trees down in town. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taopi | $10,000 | Some large trees were snapped and a nearby house sustained minor roof and siding damage north of Taopi. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taopi | - | A trained spotter estimated a wind gust to 64 mph one mile northwest of Taopi. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Taopi | - | The public reported nickel sized hail 2 miles northwest of Taopi. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Taopi | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Taopi. |
| August 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Taopi | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Johnsburg | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Elkton | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Le Roy | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Rose Creek | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| Grand Meadow | 10.9 miles | 7 | |
| Dexter | 11.6 miles | 7 | |
| Renova | 14.1 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 Taopi | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2227048 | 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 653036. 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.