Greely, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Royalton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55006. The Survey maps it on the Rush Lake quadrangle. It stands 984 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Rush Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Greely between 1992 and 2020, burning about 441 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 Greely: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greely in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 hail. 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 2013 | Hail | Greely | - | The hail was reported at the corner of Highway 7 and County Road 1. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Creek | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pine City | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Henriette | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Beroun | 12.9 miles | 13 | |
| Brook Park | 14.1 miles | 12 | |
| Mission Creek | 16.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hinckley | 19.5 miles | 8 | |
| Evergreen Park | 19.5 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Greely | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14692629 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 644406. 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.








