BlockZumbro Falls, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Zumbro Falls City. It lies in ZIP code area 55991. It lies near Buckman Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Zumbro Falls quadrangle. 155 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 843 feet above sea level.
On record in Zumbro Falls
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 3 records
Bear Valley Grange Halllisted 1989
Bridge No. 5827-Zumbro Fallslisted 1998
Zumbro Parkway Bridgelisted 1989
Population over time
2 figuresZumbro Falls fell from 207 to 155 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 207 | |
| 2020 | 155 | -52 (-25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1951 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Zumbro Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Zumbro Falls in 1995, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Zumbro Falls: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oelkers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Roberson Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zumbro Falls in 33 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 13 flood, 4 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Flood | Zumbro Falls | $5,200,000 | Major flooding occurred in the town of Zumbro Falls as the Zumbro River rose to record levels. Of the 95 homes in the town, 60 were affected by flood waters. Businesses in the downtown area also saw damages, while propane tanks were seen floating around. The entire town was evacuated, while power, water and septic systems were down for days. The rainfall as of 5:30 a.m. CST on the 23rd amounted to 6.37 inches. |
| September 2010 | Flood | Zumbro Falls | $3,500,000 | Locally heavy rains pushed the Zumbro River in Zumbro Falls out of its banks starting on September 23rd. The river gage failed during the flooding and the river is estimated to have returned to within it banks on the 27th. The crest was determined by an USGS survey to have been 35.8 feet, which exceeded the flood stage by almost 18 feet. This crest also established a new flood of record. Numerous homes were heavily damaged or destroyed. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zumbro Falls | $560,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Flood | Zumbro Falls | $250,000 | Law enforcement officials reported some roads washed out or still under water. Highways 60 and 63 remained closed. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Zumbro Falls | $95,000 | This tornado touched down north of Zumbro Falls and ripped the roof off a mobile home residence, also damaging nearby and heavily damaging a barn on 363rd Avenue. It continued for another 1.5 miles northeast across mostly rural areas and causing sporadic tree damage before dissipating. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Zumbro Falls | $55,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zumbro Falls | $55,000 | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Zumbro Falls | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zumbro Falls | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Zumbro Falls | $34,000 | Local fire and rescue reported golf ball sized hail near Zumbro Falls. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zumbro Falls | $27,000 | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Zumbro Falls | $15,000 | Runoff from heavy rain caused flooding to occur across portions of Wabasha County. Water was over parts of State Highway 60 and some secondary roads had washouts. |
| August 2007 | Flood | Zumbro Falls | $15,000 | The Zumbro River reached a crest of 21.76 feet, forcing the closure of Highways 60 and 63 for a time. Flood stage is 18.0 feet. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zumbro Falls | $5,000 | An estimated 70 mph wind gust occurred in Zumbro Falls. Power outages were reported in town. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zumbro Falls | $1,500 | no account filed |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zumbro Falls | $1,000 | Large tree branches were blown down near Zumbro Falls. One of these branches landed on a power line. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zumbro Falls | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zumbro Falls | $700 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zumbro Falls | $500 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zumbro Falls | - | Local fire and rescue in Zumbro Falls estimated a wind gust to 60 mph. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Zumbro Falls | - | Runoff from rain and melting snow pushed the Zumbro River out of its banks in Zumbro Falls. The river crested over four feet above the flood stage at 22.08 feet on March 15th. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Zumbro Falls | - | Runoff from heavy rains pushed the Zumbro River out of its banks in Zumbro Falls. The river crested just over nine feet above the flood stage at 27.03 feet on June 29th. |
| July 2019 | Flood | Zumbro Falls | - | Runoff from heavy rain pushed the Zumbro River out of its banks in Zumbro Falls. The river crested almost two feet above the flood stage at 19.71 feet on the 21st. |
| July 2019 | Flood | Zumbro Falls | - | Runoff from heavy rain pushed the Zumbro River out of its banks in Zumbro Falls. The river crested around a half foot above the flood stage at 18.59 feet on the 7th. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zumbro Falls | - | An estimated 80 mph wind gust occurred in Zumbro Falls. |
| September 2016 | Flood | Zumbro Falls | - | Runoff from heavy rain pushed the Zumbro River out of its banks in Zumbro Falls. The river crested over four feet above the flood stage at 22.22 feet. |
| March 2013 | Flood | Zumbro Falls | - | Runoff from snow melt pushed the Zumbro River out of its banks near Zumbro Falls. The river crested almost a foot and a half above the flood stage at 19.3 feet. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Zumbro Falls | - | Flooding that began in late March along the Zumbro River at Zumbro Falls ended on the 1st. This flooding closed County Road 68 just southeast of Zumbro Falls. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Zumbro Falls | - | The combination of rainfall and melting snow pushed the Zumbro River at Zumbro Falls out of its banks. The river exceeded the flood stage from the 23rd into the 24th. The river crested at less than a foot over the flood stage at 18.69 feet. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Zumbro Falls | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Flood | Zumbro Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Zumbro Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zumbro Falls | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Valley | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hammond | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Center | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| South Troy | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Jarrett | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mazeppa | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Millville | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| West Albany | 7.4 miles | 13 |
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 Zumbro Falls | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1924450 | 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 654507. 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.
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.