Beroun, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mission Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55037. The Survey maps it on the Beroun quadrangle. It stands 974 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Pine City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Beroun quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Grantsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
219 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Beroun between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,590 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 33 were 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 | 72 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.2 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Beroun: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkins Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beroun in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Lightning | Beroun | $5,000 | Lightning struck a trailer home causing damage to the home. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beroun | - | Multiple trees were reported down near Beroun. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beroun | - | A large tree was down across Blueberry Island road and needed to be removed by the county public works department. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beroun | - | Several large trees were blown down. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Beroun | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Beroun | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Beroun | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Beroun | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Beroun | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beroun | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Beroun | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Creek | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pine City | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Brook Park | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hinckley | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Evergreen Park | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Henriette | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Rock Creek | 10.5 miles | 12 | |
| Friesland | 12.2 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Beroun | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4894654 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 639974. 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.







