Bratsberg, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Norway Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55971. The Survey maps it on the Bratsberg quadrangle.
On record in Bratsberg
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.
- Norway Township Stone Houselisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Bratsberg quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Bratsberg between 1992 and 2012, burning about 163 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 1994 | Smoking | 30 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 November 2007 | Smoking | 25 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 November 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 October 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bratsberg: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isberg Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Le Fleur Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Muhly Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Peterson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Peterson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bratsberg in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Bratsberg | $95,000 | This was the fifth tornado of the night in Fillmore County. This EF1 tornado formed south of Rushford and moved to the northeast before dissipating. The tornado destroyed some farm outbuildings and damaged trees along its path. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bratsberg | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bratsberg | $1,000 | Trees were knocked down blocking State Highway 43 near Bratsberg. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Bratsberg | $700 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Bratsberg | - | The public reported half dollar sized hail near Bratsberg. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Bratsberg | - | Emergency management reported nickel sized hail in Bratsberg. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Bratsberg | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Bratsberg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Rushford | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Peterson | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Rushford Village | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Rushford | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Choice | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Highland | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Tawney | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Whalan | 8.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 640442. 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.






