BlockBaroda, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56097. The Survey maps it on the Wells quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wells quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Wells quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Albert Lea quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Clark township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
In Early Days
"Three soldiers were frozen to death in a blizzard which swept over this part of the country during the winter of 1864, and their bodies were not found until spring. When found one was identified as the body of Mr. Daramas, of Minnesota Lake, and the others as the remains of two comrades named Price, who accompanied him to his home In this county on a furlough.
In the county-history sources
3,827 words on this townshipThe History of Faribault County, Minnesota : from Its First Settlement to the Close of the Year 1879 : the Story of the Pioneers, published 1896 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Clark Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Clark Township - 3,827 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Baroda in 1999, 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Windom Wetland Management District | FOSTER CREEK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Walters | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Brush Creek | 10.6 miles | 8 | |
| Minnesota Lake | 11.8 miles | 8 | |
| Easton | 12.4 miles | 7 | |
| Kiester | 12.9 miles | 8 | |
| Bricelyn | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Dell | 14.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654587. 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.