Enfield, Minnesota
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Silver Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55362. The Survey maps it on the Silver Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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 Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Silver Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Silver Creek quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
1,767 words on this townshipHistory of Wright County, Minnesota Volume II, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Silver Creek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Silver Creek Township - 1,767 words.
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Enfield between 1992 and 2019, burning about 42 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 June 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 Enfield: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berg Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enfield in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2012: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Enfield | - | A weak tornado briefly touched down in an open field and kicked up some dust. The tornado was filmed by the storm chaser. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enfield | - | Few trees down, including one across a county road. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Enfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hasty | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Silver Creek | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Clearwater Estates | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Clearwater | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Monticello | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Maple Lake | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Annandale | 12.1 miles | 10 | |
| Buffalo | 13.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 643374. 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.









