Crown, Minnesota
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Stanford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55070. The Survey maps it on the Crown quadrangle. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
On record in Crown
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.
- Farmers Cooperative Mercantile Company of West Stanford0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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 Crown quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
161 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Crown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 380 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 87 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crown in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crown | - | Hundreds of trees were broken or uprooted from a downburst that spread out to be three or four miles wide. Some trees fell on houses, sheds, and vehicles. A neighborhood on the east side of Lake Francis was especially hard hit. The winds also blew portions of roofs off of several farm buildings. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crown | - | Several large trees were blown down across southwestern Isanti County. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crown | - | Several large tree branches were blown down at the intersection of Highway 47, and County Road 53. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crown | - | Several large tree branches were blown down east of Crown. |
| October 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Crown | - | A funnel cloud was spotted by the public just north of the Anoka County line along Highway 28 west of Highway 47. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crown | - | Several trees down along Blue Lake, including one on a power line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxlip | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Spencer Brook | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Bradford | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| West Lake Francis Shores | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| East Lake Francis Shores | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| West Point | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Wyanett | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Brook | 10.5 miles | 12 |
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 Crown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5189289 | 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 642513. 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.









