BlockKomensky, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hutchinson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55350. It lies near Mud Lakebed. The Survey maps it on the Hutchinson East quadrangle.
On record in Komensky
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Komensky Schoollisted 2009 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 New Ulm quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Hutchinson East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Glencoe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Komensky between 2005 and 2020, burning about 72 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | BART |
| 2 December 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | MNLFR-FY21-WF-SILVER LAKE WF |
| 29 November 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| South Silver Lake | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hutchinson | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Koniska | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Biscay | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Northview Court | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| McDonalds Lakeview Terrace | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Sherman | 8.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654780. 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.