BlockWilbert, Minnesota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Tenhassen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56121. The Survey maps it on the Wilbert quadrangle. It stands 1,253 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Fairmont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Wilbert quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fairmont quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilbert in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2012: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilbert | $600,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilbert | $15,000 | Several trees were blown down, along with a machine shop roof damaged. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Wilbert | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Wilbert | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceylon | 4.9 miles | 6 | |
| Fairmont | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| East Chain | 9.3 miles | 6 | |
| Welcome | 9.5 miles | 6 | |
| Fairmont Estates | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Fox Lake | 11.1 miles | 6 | |
| Sherburn | 12.4 miles | 6 | |
| Dunnell | 12.5 miles | 6 |
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 Wilbert | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28368423 | 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 654129. 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.