BlockWilno, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Royal Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56142. It lies near Swenson Lakebed. The Survey maps it on the Arco quadrangle. It stands 1,677 feet above sea level.
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
- 1963 USGS Arco quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Brookings quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilno in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2004: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Wilno | $100,000 | A tornado destroyed a barn, machine shed, and several outbuildings on two farms. The tornado blew the roof off a hoop barn and caused a tarp covering the barn to fall on hogs inside, suffocating several of them. Two sprayers, three tractors, and other equipment in the machine shed were damaged. The tornado also damaged trees and crops. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Wilno | - | Large hail flattened corn crops. The amount of crop damage was not known. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilno | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including large branches blown down. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Wilno | - | Large hail over the eastern part of Lincoln County caused widespread crop damage. Crop damage estimates were available but were incomplete. The hail also broke windows and dented vehicles, but the amount of property damage was not known. |
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 Wilno | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20710919 | 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 654217. 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.