Jonathan, Minnesota

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chaska City. It lies in ZIP code area 55318. It stands on Chaska Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shakopee quadrangle.

Jonathan within Carver County

On record in Jonathan

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.

Brinkhaus Saloon Livery Barnlisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Frederick Greiner Houselisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Walnut Street Historic Districtlisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Simons Building and Livery Barnlisted 1980 · 1.0 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1905 USGS Minnetonka quadrangle1:62500
1907 USGS Minnetonka quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Lake Minnetonka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Shakopee quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

52 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Jonathan between 1995 and 2015, burning about 12 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 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
Recreation and ceremony	32
Arson/incendiarism	15
Natural	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Debris and open burning	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
8 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge	BOARDWALK2
1 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge	BOARDWALK1
25 August 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge	HARTUNG
2 August 2013	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge	LOUISVILLE SWAMP 3
11 August 2007	Natural	under an acre	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge	CHASKA
8 July 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge	GATE
7 July 2006	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge	JABS
30 July 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge	BASS POND MINNOW BRIDGE ARSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carver County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Jonathan: 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Bryan Rock Prod Inc	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Carver County Clay Deposit	Clay	Occurrence
Eggum Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Mueller Sand and Gravel Pit No 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Mueller Sand and Gravel Pit No 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Carver 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Chaska	0.8 miles	19
Hazeltine	2.5 miles	19
Carver	2.9 miles	18
Augusta	4.6 miles	18
Dahlgren	4.7 miles	18
Victoria	5.2 miles	18
Chanhassen	5.7 miles	19
Carver Beach	6.3 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1829028. 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.