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Copas, Minnesota

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Scandia City. It lies in ZIP code area 55047. It lies near Greenburg Island. The Survey maps it on the Marine on St. Croix quadrangle.

Copas within Washington County

On record in Copas

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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.

Fires near this place

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Copas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources209
16 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSaint Croix National Scenic RiverSOMERSET
11 June 2012Naturalunder an acreSaint Croix National Scenic RiverWATERFALL FIRE
1 June 2009Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 May 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources20133
7 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources107
5 May 2018Other causes14 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Copas: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 2 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
John Gomulak Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Larson Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ridge Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Scandia Crushing & Wash PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Copas in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2010: 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCopas$50,000Several large trees were blown over in William O Brien State Park. One large tree fell on a camper and destroyed it.
May 2008HailCopas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Otisville0.8 miles17
Scandia2.5 miles15
Marine on St. Croix2.6 miles17
Maple Island6.4 miles17
Arcola7.7 miles22
Carnelian Junction8.3 miles22
Withrow10.4 miles21
Forest Lake12.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 641487. 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.