BlockTenney, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Campbell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56583. The Survey maps it on the Campbell quadrangle. 5 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 988 feet above sea level.
On record in Tenney
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Tenney Fire Halllisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1951 USGS Campbell quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Campbell quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wahpeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Storms near this place
31 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tenney in 31 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 17 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flash flood, 3 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | $500,000 | Several large grain bins were caved in by the strong wind and a couple of empty grain cars were blown over. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | $20,000 | A few large trees were blown down at a farmstead. Wind damage continued intermittently through Tenney to Nashua, and across southern Campbell and Champion townships. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | $10,000 | A power pole was snapped and trees damaged. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | $200 | Branches were blown down. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Tenney | - | This tornado began at approximately 716 pm about 1 mile southwest of Tenney, MN, then tracked to the north where it lifted 3 miles north of Campbell, MN. This tornado was best marked by the trail of at least 23 power poles which were cracked or completely snapped along it's, route. Widespread tree damage and large steel grain bins at the Campbell elevator complex were partially caved in. Peak winds were estimated at 115 mph, equating to an EF2 rating. The path length was 9 miles. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | - | The wind gust was measured by a RWIS mesonet sensor. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | - | The wind gust was measured by a RWIS mesonet station. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Tenney | - | A lot of hail fell, resulting in piles in the yard. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | - | The wind gust was measured by a MNDOT RWIS sensor. |
| June 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Tenney | - | A photo and video of the funnel cloud were posted on social media. These images showed a persistent wall cloud with a brief funnel. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | - | The wind gust was measured at the Tenney RWIS, near highway 75. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | - | The wind gust was measured at the MNDOT RWIS site along highway 75. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Tenney | - | Nickel sized hail fell at the intersection of highways 55 and 75. |
| August 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Tenney | - | This tornado touched down briefly in an open field, roughly seven miles east of a larger and much longer lasting tornado. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Tenney | - | A wall cloud and a funnel were reported by a storm chaser. It appeared that the funnel was strengthening at the time. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | - | The wind gust was measured at the MNDOT RWIS site near Tenney on highway 75. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Tenney | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported near the Wilkin and Traverse County line. The tornado tracked for roughly a mile across open fields. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Tenney | - | Heavy rains produced local 3 to 4 inch accumulations through the early morning hours. Several farm fields and some farm access roads were reported underwater in portions of Campbell West and Campbell East Townships. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Tenney | - | Several rural and farm access roads were flooded by the heavy rain. 3 to 4 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | - | Large tree branches were blown down and power lines were knocked down. Scattered power outages were also reported. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Tenney | - | Ditches were full with fields and farm yards flooded. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | - | Power lines were blown down in southern Wilkin county. The power was knocked out to the MNDOT RWIS site near Tenney. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | - | Strong winds snapped trees and downed power lines. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | - | A MN DOT RWIS site along Highway 75 measured the wind gust. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | - | A MNDOT RWIS site measured a 76 mph wind gust. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Tenney | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Tenney | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Tenney | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tenney | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Tenney | - | 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.
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 Tenney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1012260 | 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 653086. 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.