BlockJacobs Prairie, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wakefield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56320. The Survey maps it on the Cold Spring quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Cold Spring quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
5,557 words on this townshipHistory of Stearns County, Minnesota, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wakefield Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Wakefield Township - 5,557 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Jacobs Prairie: 8 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gertkin Marl Pits | Limestone, General | Producer | Marl | |
| Stommes Stearns County Sand & Grave | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cold Spring Crushing Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rockville Shop | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crystal Gray Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Opalescent Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Rockville Quarry No 1 | Granite | Producer | ||
| Rockville Quarry No 2 | Granite | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jacobs Prairie in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2012: 3 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Spring | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Rockville | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Lake | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Joseph | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Marty | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Richmond | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Collegeville | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Nicholas | 7.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 645572. 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.
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.