BlockCastle Rock, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Castle Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55057. The Survey maps it on the Castle Rock quadrangle. It stands 938 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Farmington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Castle Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Castle Rock in 2012, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | CEDAR AVENUE |
| 23 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BASS POND 4 |
| 20 April 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BLACK DOG |
| 29 November 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | SORENSON LANDING 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castle Rock in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Castle Rock | - | A trained spotter filmed a brief touchdown. It moved across a tree line, uprooting a few trees and breaking large branches. No other damage was reported. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Rock | - | Several thirty foot tall trees were felled. |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Castle Rock | - | No damage incurred, touchdown in open field. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Rock | - | Roof torn off grain bin. Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Castle Rock | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Castle Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Castle Rock | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Castle Rock | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterford | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Eureka Center | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Farmington | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Randolph | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeville | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hampton | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Antlers Park | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Empire | 10.8 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Castle Rock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5050255 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 640969. 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.
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.