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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.

Bratsberg within Fillmore County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

10 since 1992

Regional 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 burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 May 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 April 1994Debris and open burning50 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 1994Debris and open burning30 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 March 1994Smoking30 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 November 2007Smoking25 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 November 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 October 2012Recreation and ceremony7.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fillmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Isberg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Le Fleur QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Muhly QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Peterson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Peterson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fillmore County

Storms near this place

8 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2021Tornado (EF1)Bratsberg$95,000This 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 2007Thunderstorm WindBratsberg$5,000no account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindBratsberg$1,000Trees were knocked down blocking State Highway 43 near Bratsberg.
July 2001HailBratsberg$700no account filed
April 2026HailBratsberg-The public reported half dollar sized hail near Bratsberg.
September 2024HailBratsberg-Emergency management reported nickel sized hail in Bratsberg.
June 2010HailBratsberg-no account filed
September 2010HailBratsberg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fillmore County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
South Rushford4.3 miles10
Peterson4.9 miles10
Rushford Village5.1 miles10
Rushford5.1 miles10
Choice5.3 miles8
Highland6.5 miles8
Tawney8.2 miles8
Whalan8.3 miles9

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.