Bristol, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bristol Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55939. The Survey maps it on the Greenleafton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greenleafton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Bristol between 1994 and 2016, burning about 90 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2003 | Smoking | 15 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2016 | Natural | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bristol: 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franks Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Apenhorst Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| A Ramaker | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bjortomt Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| H Jones Mine Reserve | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Hovey Reserve Mine | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Love Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Love Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Tesmer Reserve Mine | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bristol in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 3 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol | $90,000 | A path of wind damage was found near Bristol. An open air farm outbuilding was destroyed, the roof ripped off a large barn, trees and wooded electrical poles were snapped. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Bristol | $8,000 | A small, short-lived tornado touched down northwest of Granger and traveled northeast for about a half mile. The tornado damaged a shed near the intersection of County Road 30 and 225th Avenue. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Bristol | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol | $2,500 | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Hail | Bristol | - | Nickel sized hail was reported in Greenleafton, southwest of Preston. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Bristol | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenleafton | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Granger | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| York | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Big Spring | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Cherry Grove | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Forestville | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Carimona | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hutton | 8.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 640488. 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.




