BlockCredit River, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Credit River City. It lies in ZIP code area 55372. The Survey maps it on the Prior Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Prior Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Prior Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Credit River between 2007 and 2013, burning about 108 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 burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LOUISVILLE SWAMP |
| 27 April 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | WAGON WHEEL |
| 22 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Credit River: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casperson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Lakeville Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Prior Lake Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Credit River in 10 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Credit River | $25,000 | A National Weather Service Storm Survey and the local emergency manager concluded that straight-line winds caused considerable damage to a sub-division southeast of Credit River Township. Numerous trees were uprooted or blown down along with a camper that rolled over. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Credit River | - | Measured at CR27 and Longview two miles southwest of Credit River. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Credit River | - | A few trees and a large shed were blown down south of Prior Lake, near the intersection of Panama St and 190th Ave SE. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Credit River | - | A measured rainfall amount of 8.30 inches fell in less than 4 hours. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Credit River | - | A measured rainfall amount of 6.69 inches fell in less than 3 hours. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Credit River | - | A measured rainfall amount of 5.00 inches fell in less than 3 hours. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Credit River | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Credit River | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Credit River | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Credit River | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prior Lake | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Grainwood | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Spring Lake | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Glendale | 6.0 miles | 25 | |
| Lydia | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Lake | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| New Market | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Savage | 7.6 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654654. 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.