BlockForestville, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Forestville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55965. It stands on Forestville Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fountain quadrangle.
On record in Forestville
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.
Forestville Townsite-Meighan Storelisted 1973 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Forestville between 1993 and 2012, burning about 11 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2010 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 November 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 October 1993 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Forestville: 12 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apenhorst Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grabau Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rifle Hill Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Evers No 1 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hewitt Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Holsapple Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| O Jones Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| O Stockdale Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Osterud & Duncanson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Otto Meyer Jr | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carimona | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Greenleafton | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Wykoff | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Cherry Grove | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Freiheit Spring | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bristol | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Preston | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Etna | 7.5 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654708. 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.