Holyoke, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Holyoke Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55749. The Survey maps it on the Holyoke quadrangle. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1949 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Sandstone quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
80 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Holyoke between 1992 and 2019, burning about 128 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Holyoke: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Pit No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Menghini Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holyoke in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | - | A few tree limbs were broken. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Holyoke | - | Floodwaters washed out a stone culvert on the BNSF Railway railroad tracks, opening up a 300' long and 60' deep hole in the railroad roadbed. The tracks were suspended over the washout. A new steel culvert was built and the tracks were returned to service at midnight on June 22nd. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Holyoke | - | Numerous roads were washed out near Holyoke. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Holyoke | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Holyoke | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holyoke | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Blackhoof | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Duesler | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Frogner | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Scotts Corner | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Wrenshall | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Nemadji | 11.0 miles | 7 | |
| Alford | 11.4 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.
| Wikipedia article on Holyoke | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5887056 | 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 645142. 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.





