BlockBriggs Lake, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Palmer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55319. It stands on Briggs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Duelm quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Duelm quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
119 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Briggs Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 379 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 78 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 Briggs Lake: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrigan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Lake | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Santiago | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Cable | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Ridge Court | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Becker | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Orrock | 11.5 miles | 14 | |
| Salida | 12.2 miles | 16 | |
| Big Lake | 15.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 640480. 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.