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Dahlgren, Minnesota

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dahlgren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55318. The Survey maps it on the Victoria quadrangle.

Dahlgren within Carver County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

15 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Dahlgren between 2004 and 2015, burning about 88 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
25 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeHARTUNG
21 August 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeRAPIDS
12 August 2004Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeRAPIDS LAKE 1
11 August 2007Naturalunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeCHASKA
7 July 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeJABS
12 July 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeCARVER CREEK FIRE
22 June 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeLOUISVILLE SWAMP 2
7 May 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeGRUDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carver County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dahlgren: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Carver County Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Mueller Sand and Gravel Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mueller Sand and Gravel Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Carver County

Storms near this place

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dahlgren in 1 storm report in 2014: 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
September 2014Thunderstorm WindDahlgren-A measured wind gust of 51 knots was reported south of Victoria. In addition, numerous large tree branches were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Carver 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
Augusta2.0 miles18
Carver3.2 miles18
East Union4.0 miles11
Chaska4.4 miles19
Jonathan4.7 miles19
Benton5.2 miles12
Cologne5.2 miles12
Victoria5.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654662. 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.