BlockHighland Park Estates, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Caledonia City. It lies in ZIP code area 55921. The Survey maps it on the Caledonia quadrangle.
On record in Highland Park Estates
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 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Spafford Williams Hotellisted 1982 · 0.0 miles away
Caledonia Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1994 · 0.1 miles away
Houston County Courthouse and Jaillisted 1983 · 0.1 miles away- David R. and Ellsworth A. Sprague Houseslisted 1982 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
9,241 words on this townshipThe Advantages and Resources of Houston County, Minnesota, published 1858; History of Houston County, Minnesota, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Caledonia Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Caledonia Township - 9,241 words.
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Highland Park Estates between 1992 and 2017, burning about 191 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Highland Park Estates: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gengler Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Holty-Badger Quarry - Badger | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Holty-Badger Quarry- Holty | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia | 0.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Estates | 0.0 miles | 10 | |
| Schechs Mill | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Willington Grove | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Sheldon | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Wilmington | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Freeburg | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Black Hammer | 8.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2050553. 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.