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Bailey, Minnesota

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Big Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55330. It stands on Tibbits Brook. The Survey maps it on the Big Lake quadrangle.

Bailey within Sherburne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Bailey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 327 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 19 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
Debris and open burning70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 June 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 June 1995Naturalunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sherburne County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bailey: 6 producers, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barton Pit No 717Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Big Lake Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Country Club PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Elk River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elk River Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hanson Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Malstrom Pit No 726Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sherburne County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Lake Orono Estates3.4 miles13
Big Lake Estates4.2 miles13
Big Lake4.4 miles13
Elk River5.3 miles13
Salida8.6 miles16
Orrock9.5 miles14
Zimmerman9.6 miles14
Zimmerman Terrace10.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654580. 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.