BlockEpsom, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55946. The Survey maps it on the Nerstrand quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Nerstrand quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Faribault quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
4,373 words on this townshipHistory of Rice County, Including Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota and Outline History of the State of Minnesota, published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Richland Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Richland Township - 4,373 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Epsom in 2015, burning under an acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Epsom: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grose Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Epsom in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Epsom | - | Periods of heavy rainfall developed toward midnight, and continued through most of the early morning hours. Rainfall rates increased to over 1.5 inches per hour which caused flash flooding. Several county roads were inundated by water, along with several streams and creeks that rose rapidly during the morning. By 5 am, Highway 60 west of Kenyon was closed due to flood waters. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nerstrand | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Ruskin | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Walcott | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Prairieville | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Cannon City | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Faribault | 11.5 miles | 10 | |
| Comus | 13.6 miles | 10 | |
| Dundas | 13.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654695. 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.