Deer Park, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lakeville City. It lies in ZIP code area 55044. The Survey maps it on the Orchard Lake quadrangle.
On record in Deer Park
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.
Emil J. Oberhoffer Houselisted 1979 · 0.1 miles away
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 Orchard Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
6,768 words on this townshipHistory of Dakota County and the City of Hastings, Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Lakeville City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Lakeville City - 6,768 words.
Fires near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Deer Park in 2013, burning about 8 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Deer Park: 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 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 | ||
| Mva Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Northwestern Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argonne | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Orchard Garden | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Antlers Park | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Burnsville | 5.0 miles | 26 | |
| Lakeville | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Apple Valley | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Grove | 9.1 miles | 30 | |
| Eureka Center | 9.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 642730. 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.






