Georgeville, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Crow River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56312. The Survey maps it on the Georgeville quadrangle.
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.
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgeville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,111 words on this townshipHistory of Stearns County, Minnesota, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Crow River Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Crow River Township - 1,111 words.
Fires near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Georgeville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 495 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 130 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2000 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | BURBANK |
| 16 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 October 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 264 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | REGAL MEADOW |
| 11 October 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | REGAL MEADOW DEUCE |
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 Georgeville: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Georgeville in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgeville | - | A 52 knot wind gust was measured by the Minnesota Department of Transportation wind sensor along Highway 55, near Georgeville. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgeville | - | A Minnesota Department of Transportation Wind Sensor measured a wind gust of 62 mph at the Georgeville Site on Highway 55. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgeville | - | Measured by the MNDOT Road Weather sensor along Highway 55. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgeville | - | Measured on Highway 55 at milepost 98, 3 miles southeast of Belgrade, by a MNDOT sensor. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgeville | - | A 69 MPH gust was recorded by a MNDOT automated weather sensor. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgeville | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgeville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgrade | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Henry | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Spring Hill | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Elrosa | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Brooten | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Paynesville | 11.9 miles | 8 | |
| Greenwald | 12.5 miles | 8 | |
| Meire Grove | 14.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 644086. 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.




