BlockVeseli, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wheatland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55046. The Survey maps it on the Veseli quadrangle.
On record in Veseli
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Church of the Most Holy Trinity (Catholic)listed 1997 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Prior Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Veseli quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
6,378 words on this townshipHistory of Rice County, published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wheatland Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Wheatland Township - 6,378 words.
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Veseli in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2019: 2 hail. 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 2019 | Hail | Veseli | $100,000 | A swath of large hail, up to golf ball size fell north of Lonsdale, near Veseli. The hail damaged several tin roofs, a pole barn, and vehicles in the area. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Veseli | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lonsdale | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Wheatland | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Trondjem | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Webster | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Little Chicago | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Millersburg | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hazelwood | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Shieldsville | 10.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 653643. 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.