Constance, Minnesota
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Andover City. It lies in ZIP code area 55304. The Survey maps it on the Cedar quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1916 USGS St. Francis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1919 USGS St. Francis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Cedar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
199 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Constance between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,939 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 46 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 | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 Constance: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anoka County Marl Beds No 1 | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andover | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Ham Lake | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Soderville | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cedar | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Johnsville | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Lake Netta | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Northdale | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Thompson Heights | 5.7 miles | 20 |
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 Constance | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5163485 | 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 641447. 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.









