Belvidere Mills, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Belvidere Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55066. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Goodhue East 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.
- 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
- 1968 USGS Goodhue East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,581 words on this townshipHistory of Goodhue County, Including a Sketch of the Territory and State of Minnesota; Together with an Account of the Early French Discoveries, Indian Massacres, the Part Borne by Minnesota's Patriots in the War of the Great Rebellion, and a Full and Complete History of the County from the Time of Its Occupancy by Swiss Missionaries in 1838. Pioneer Incidents, Biographical Sketches of Early and Prominent Settlers and Representative Men, and of Its Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc, published 1878; Goodhue County, Minnesota, Past and Present, published 1893 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Belvidere Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Belvidere Township - 1,581 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Belvidere Mills between 1994 and 2015, burning about 20 acres 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 | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 April 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 November 2012 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Belvidere Mills: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Bank Pits | Clay | Producer | 1875 | |
| Red Wing Sewer Pipe Clay Pit No 2 | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belvidere Mills in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belvidere Mills | - | Thirty foot tall and fifty foot wide pipe and canvas cattle barn toppled at 240th Ave and 370th St. Large tree branch at same location severed and then damaged automobile. Near same location a wooden hay barn was destroyed and an old pole shed open to the North lost its roof. In addition, four trees snapped near a church and school along Co. Road 4 Blvd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hay Creek | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bellechester | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Claybank | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Goodhue | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Wacouta | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Red Wing | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Wacouta Beach | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Frontenac | 9.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654597. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






