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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.

Bear Valley within Wabasha County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

2 since 1995

Regional 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
Smoking2

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
18 July 1995Smokingunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 April 1995Smoking1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wabasha County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Goodhue County Sand Deposit No 1SilicaOccurrence
Wabasha S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bellchester PitsClayPast Producer
Bellechester PitsClayPast Producer1875
Betcher QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oelkers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wabasha 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
Zumbro Falls3.2 miles13
Mazeppa4.1 miles11
Oak Center5.4 miles13
South Troy7.2 miles16
Hammond7.9 miles15
Jarrett8.7 miles15
West Albany10.2 miles13
Millville10.4 miles15

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.