Cherry Grove, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in York Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55975. The Survey maps it on the Cherry Grove quadrangle. It stands 1,325 feet above sea level.
On record in Cherry Grove
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bernard H. Pietenpol Workshop and Garagelisted 1982 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Cherry Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Cherry Grove between 1993 and 2005, burning about 56 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
| 22 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2004 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2003 | 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 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Cherry Grove: 28 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apenhorst Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grabau Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rifle Hill Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| A Ramaker | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Barr Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bjortomt Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| D Ruesink Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Dettmer Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Evers No 1 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Fillmore County District Mines | Iron | Past Producer | WEATHERING RESIDUAL |
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cherry Grove in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 6 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Grove | $45,000 | The public reported several trees and a couple powerlines blown down. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Cherry Grove | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Grove | $6,000 | A roof was damaged and tree limbs blown down by a 68 mph wind gust in Cherry Grove. Just south of town, a storage shed was destroyed and shingles were blown off a garage. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Grove | $2,000 | An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred in Cherry Grove that blew down numerous trees. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Cherry Grove | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cherry Grove | $500 | Tree branches were blown down near Cherry Grove. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Cherry Grove | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Cherry Grove. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Cherry Grove | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail fell in Cherry Grove. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Cherry Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Cherry Grove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etna | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| York | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Greenleafton | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Forestville | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Bristol | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Ostrander | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Freiheit Spring | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Wykoff | 8.3 miles | 8 |
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 Cherry Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3828662 | 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 641144. 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.




