BlockActon, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Acton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56243. The Survey maps it on the Rosendale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rosendale quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Acton between 1994 and 2012, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | ROSENDALE |
| 11 June 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | ROSENDALE |
| 3 November 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Litchfield Wetland Management District | ROSENDALWF |
| 28 November 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | ROSENDALE WF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosendale | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Grove City | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Strout | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Beckville | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Litchfield | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Cosmos | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Greenleaf | 10.5 miles | 11 | |
| Corvuso | 10.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654561. 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.