Wrightstown, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Woodside Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56453. The Survey maps it on the Wrightstown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wrightstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Wrightstown between 1995 and 2005, burning about 602 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 May 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wrightstown in 17 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 14 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | One inch hail was reported, as well as numerous 4 to 6 inch diameter tree branches and limbs were broken by a damaging wind gust. |
| May 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Wrightstown | - | Report of a funnel cloud near the Otter Tail and Todd County line was relayed by dispatch. |
| July 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Wrightstown | - | A persistent wall cloud with a sustained funnel moved across northwest Woodside Township. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | A few quarter to half dollar sized hail fell along with very heavy rain. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail fell. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | The time was estimated from radar. |
| August 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Wrightstown | - | Several large tree limbs were twisted or broken down in tree stands and shelterbelts. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail fell. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Wrightstown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyman | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Almora | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Deer Creek | 10.8 miles | 9 | |
| Parkers Prairie | 11.3 miles | 9 | |
| Parkers Prairie Park | 11.5 miles | 9 | |
| West Wind Estates | 13.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bluffton | 13.7 miles | 9 | |
| Henning | 14.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654397. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.





