BlockVerdi, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Verdi Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56164. The Survey maps it on the Verdi quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Verdi quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Brookings quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Verdi: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasperson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Verdi in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 3 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | Verdi | $118,000 | Flooding resulted in damage to public infrastructure including county and township roads and culverts. The property damage costs include estimates for public property losses. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Verdi | $50,000 | A tornado was observed with a dust and debris cloud. The tornado destroyed several outbuildings and a cattle shed, severely damaged a hog barn and granary, and tipped two wagons over. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Verdi | - | Rainfall of 2 to 3 inches in a couple hours on saturated soil resulted in flash flooding. Several roads were inundated near Lake Benton and Verdi. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for river flooding for Lincoln County. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Verdi | - | During crop planting season, prolonged flooding led to the loss of or inability to plant crops across the area. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| September 2019 | Flood | Verdi | - | Flooding resulted in crop losses across the area. Crop loss estimates provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Verdi | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verdi | - | 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 654985. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.