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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.

Deer Park within Dakota County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

In the county-history sources

6,768 words on this township

History 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 2013

Regional 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 use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeLOUISVILLE SWAMP
27 April 2013Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeWAGON WHEEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dakota County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Casperson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Lakeville Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mva Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Northwestern Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Dakota 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
Argonne1.7 miles12
Orchard Garden2.0 miles12
Antlers Park3.9 miles12
Burnsville5.0 miles26
Lakeville5.4 miles12
Apple Valley5.7 miles12
Cedar Grove9.1 miles30
Eureka Center9.5 miles11

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.