BlockGrand View Heights, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pine Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56573. The Survey maps it on the Perham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1915 USGS Perham quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Perham quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Detroit Lakes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
97 words on this townshipOtter Tail County, Minnesota, in the World War;, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Pine Lake Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Pine Lake Township - 97 words.
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Grand View Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 259 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 29 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 May 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 Grand View Heights: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perham Ready Mix Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perham | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Cone Court | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Richdale | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Luce | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Richville | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| New York Mills | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Butler | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Dent | 11.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 644335. 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.