BlockEmpire, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Vermillion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55024. It stands on South Branch Vermillion River. The Survey maps it on the Coates quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Farmington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Coates quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Vermillion township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Murder Of Thomas Callaghan
On the evening of Saturday, August 26th, 1876, occurred a most atrocious crime, one that startled the people of Vermillion. This was the murder of Thomas Callaghan, a well known citizen and prosperous farmer. The crime was committed on the line between Vermillion and Rosemount, on what is known as the Hastings and Crystal lake road.
In the county-history sources
5,716 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 Vermillion Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Vermillion Township - 5,716 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Empire between 2000 and 2018, burning about 110 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 October 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 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 Empire: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hasting Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Empire in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Empire | - | Tractor trailer flipped on its top along Northbound Highway 52 between Coates and Hampton. Cornfields also flattened in the vicinity. |
| July 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Empire | - | Tornado determined to have occurred as a result of a an NWS damage survey. Occasional broken trees were noted along the path with minor damage to a home. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Empire | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermillion | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hampton | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Coates | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| New Trier | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Rich Valley | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sedil | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Farmington | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rosemount | 8.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 643367. 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.