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Knollwood Park, Minnesota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mankato City. It lies in ZIP code area 56001. The Survey maps it on the Mankato East quadrangle.

Knollwood Park within Blue Earth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

In the county-history sources

13,615 words on this township

History of Blue Earth County and Biographies of Its Leading Citizens, published 1901 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Mankato City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Mankato City - 13,615 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Knollwood Park in 2006, burning about 26 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
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 November 2006Arson/incendiarism26 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blue Earth County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Knollwood Park: 8 producers, 2 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Clay. 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
Blue Earth County Clay Deposit No 1ClayOccurrence
Blue Earth County Clay Deposit No 2ClayOccurrence
Caroline & Moses QsuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Mankato Stone CenterLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
North QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionProducer
Vetter Main Quarry & MillLimestone, DimensionProducer
Lundin 8th Ave QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lundin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mankago Aglime QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mankato Aglime MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Blue Earth 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
Benning1.8 miles14
Belle Haven2.2 miles14
Mankato3.1 miles14
University Park of Mankato4.0 miles14
Eagle Lake4.8 miles14
LeHillier5.0 miles13
Skyline5.3 miles13
Eagle Lake Regency5.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2051478. 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.