BlockHiview Park, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Alexandria City. It lies in ZIP code area 56308. The Survey maps it on the Alexandria East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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
- 1966 USGS Alexandria East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Minnewaska quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Hiview Park between 1993 and 2009, burning about 166 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 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 Hiview Park: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jensen Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Northland Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wayne Lee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Nelson | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Carlos | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Forada | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Garfield | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Belle River | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Miltona | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Osakis | 10.5 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122545327 | 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 2069791. 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.