BlockWegdahl, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sparta Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56241. It stands on Brafees Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montevideo quadrangle. It stands 945 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Montevideo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Montevideo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wegdahl: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hallett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mooney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wegdahl in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wegdahl | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down near Wegdahl. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Wegdahl | - | A tornado that touched down in Yellow Medicine County crossed the Minnesota River just north of Wegdahl then lifted just northeast of town. Tree tops just east of the river were sheared off in the vicinity of Wegdahl. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Wegdahl | - | Tornado moved from Yellow Medicine County into Chippewa County at 1939 CST. A roof was blown off a shed, several trees were downed, and two gravity boxes were pushed into the side of a building. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Wegdahl | - | Ground white. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Wegdahl | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montevideo | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Asbury | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Maynard | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Gluek | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Gracelock | 11.6 miles | 10 | |
| Watson | 11.7 miles | 10 | |
| Churchill | 14.9 miles | 10 | |
| Clara City | 15.4 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 Wegdahl | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20710230 | 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 653890. 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.