BlockGreenland, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elysian Township. It lies near Dove Lakebed. The Survey maps it on the Elysian 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
- 1966 USGS Elysian quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Faribault quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Greenland between 2006 and 2012, burning about 2,985 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 November 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 November 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 November 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 November 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 November 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,909 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 October 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 October 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 October 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 23 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenland in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2010: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenland | 2 hurt | Two cabins at a resort between East Jefferson Lake and German Lake, Section 5 in Elysian Township, were destroyed when trees fell on them. One cabin was unoccupied. Two people in the second cabin sustained bumps and bruises when a large tree fell on top of the bedroom they were staying in. The tree fell right on top of the bed where they were sleeping moments before. They were standing nearby when the tree "split the ceiling open" above them. A nearby trailer home was also damaged by the tree that fell onto the unoccupied cabin. One witness said that wind was blowing so hard that water was "flying off the lake." Power crews had to replace several electricity poles between East Jefferson Lake and German Lake that were damaged by downed trees. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenland | - | An automated weather station had a measured wind gust of 65 mph north of Greenland, Minnesota. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenland | - | Measured at Elysian Weather Station. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Greenland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elysian | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Marysburg | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Gishville (historical) | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Waterville | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Rogers | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Cordova | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Cleveland | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Kilkenny | 11.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654735. 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.
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.