BlockLagoona Beach, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Big Stone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56278. The Survey maps it on the Ortonville quadrangle. It stands 971 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Milbank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Ortonville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Ortonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Lagoona Beach between 2011 and 2014, burning about 84 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Morris National Wildlife Refuge | CR65 |
| 21 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | TIRE FIRE |
| 7 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MIELITZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lagoona Beach: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Stone Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ortonville | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Cashtown | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Clinton | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Foster | 10.7 miles | 8 | |
| Odessa | 11.1 miles | 7 | |
| Big Stone Colony | 11.2 miles | 8 | |
| Bonanza Grove | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Barry | 13.8 miles | 12 |
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 Lagoona Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28123345 | 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 646320. 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.