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Johnsville, Minnesota

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Blaine City. It lies in ZIP code area 55449. The Survey maps it on the Circle Pines quadrangle.

Johnsville within Anoka County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Johnsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,433 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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
Debris and open burning35
Arson/incendiarism34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 July 2006Debris and open burning2.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anoka County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Johnsville: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anoka County Marl Beds No 1Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Anoka County Marl Beds No 2Limestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Anoka County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnsville in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2010: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindJohnsville$25,000At 242nd Street and Highway 65, several large trees, up to one foot in diameter were blown down near Blaine, Minnesota.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindJohnsville$25,000A 20-24 inch diameter tree was blown down near the intersection of Highway 242 and Highway 65, northeast of Blaine, Minnesota. In addition, several 18-24 inch diameter trees were blown down at the Blaine City Hall on Radisson Road.
August 2009Flash FloodJohnsville-The local law enforcement officials reported significant street flooding near County Road 10 and Jefferson Street in Blaine, Minnesota.

Every storm recorded in Anoka County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Blaine2.5 miles19
Oak Park2.6 miles20
Northdale2.7 miles20
Ham Lake3.8 miles13
Andover3.9 miles20
Coon Creek4.7 miles20
Constance4.8 miles16
Lexington5.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 645723. 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.