BlockCrystal Spring, Minnesota
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elba Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55910. It lies near Kieffer Valley. The Survey maps it on the Altura quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1932 USGS Cochrane quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Cochrane quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Cochrane quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Altura quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Winona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,101 words on this townshipHistory of Winona County, published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Elba Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Elba Township - 1,101 words.
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Crystal Spring between 1992 and 2018, burning about 64 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 June 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 1998 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | 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 Crystal Spring: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kieffer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654658. 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.