Bear Valley, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Chester Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55991. It lies in Bear Valley. The Survey maps it on the Zumbro Falls quadrangle.
On record in Bear Valley
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bear Valley Grange Halllisted 1989 · 0.9 miles away
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
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Bear Valley in 1995, burning about 1 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bear Valley: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Silica, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodhue County Sand Deposit No 1 | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Wabasha S & G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bellchester Pits | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Bellechester Pits | Clay | Past Producer | 1875 | |
| Betcher Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oelkers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zumbro Falls | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Mazeppa | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Center | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| South Troy | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Hammond | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Jarrett | 8.7 miles | 15 | |
| West Albany | 10.2 miles | 13 | |
| Millville | 10.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654590. 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.







