BlockKingsdale, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1983. It stands in New Dosey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55072. The Survey maps it on the Cloverton quadrangle. It stands 1,161 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Danbury quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Danbury quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Sandstone quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Cloverton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Kingsdale between 1994 and 2017, burning about 180 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 May 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TOWER |
| 9 April 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | TOWER |
| 17 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Kingsdale: 5 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spruce River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Swedish Hwy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Toad Creek Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Toad Creek Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Toad Creek Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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.
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 Kingsdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14692747 | 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 646169. 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.