Bradford, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Bradford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55008. The Survey maps it on the Bradford quadrangle. It stands 938 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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 Bradford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Dalbo quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
180 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Bradford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 606 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 101 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bradford in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradford | - | Several large tree branches were blown down in Bradford. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradford | - | Sporadic trees and power lines were blown down around Bradford, Minnesota. |
| August 2009 | Heavy Rain | Bradford | - | A local observer measured 5.50 inches of rainfall in the past 12 hours. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Bradford | - | Touchdown 3 miles west of downtown St Francis. Barn collapse. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Bradford | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxlip | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| West Lake Francis Shores | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| West Point | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| East Lake Francis Shores | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Spencer Brook | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Brook | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Walbo | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Wyanett | 6.2 miles | 12 |
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 Bradford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4954549 | 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 640415. 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.
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.








