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Casey, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ellsworth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55324. The Survey maps it on the Darwin quadrangle.

Casey within Meeker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

In the county-history sources

1,474 words on this township

Album of History and Biography of Meeker County, Minnesota, published 1888 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Ellsworth Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Ellsworth Township - 1,474 words.

Fires near this place

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Casey between 2001 and 2013, burning about 132 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 burning2
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
26 April 2001Debris and open burning105 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 November 2012Debris and open burning26 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 November 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLitchfield Wetland Management DistrictLITCHFIELD WF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meeker County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Casey: 3 producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Smith PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smith Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smith Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Meeker County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Casey in 3 storm reports in 2011: 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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
August 2011LightningCasey$15,000Lightning struck a home near Darwin, and damaged the second floor.
July 2011HailCasey-no account filed
July 2011HailCasey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Meeker 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
Darwin2.6 miles10
Greenleaf5.7 miles11
Litchfield6.2 miles10
Jennie6.4 miles10
Beckville6.7 miles10
West View Terrace6.9 miles10
Dassel7.2 miles10
Strout8.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654633. 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.