Bucks Mill, Minnesota
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lake View Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56501. The Survey maps it on the Lake Franklin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1912 USGS Vergas quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Vergas quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Lake Franklin quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Detroit Lakes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Bucks Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 376 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2003 | 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 Bucks Mill: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nester Pit & Mill | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreham | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lake Eunice | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Detroit Lakes | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Richards | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Cormorant | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Audubon | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Frazee | 11.4 miles | 12 | |
| Town Lake Estates | 11.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654619. 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.







