Beaver Crossing, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Silver Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55616. It stands on Stony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Two Harbors NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors NE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Crossing between 1992 and 2015, burning about 40 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Beaver Crossing: 3 producers. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Noise Pit No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Swanstroms Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Castle Danger | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| McNair | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Silver Creek | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Darby Junction | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| Lauren | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Norshor Junction | 10.1 miles | 11 | |
| Highland | 10.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654593. 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.






