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Langdon, Minnesota

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Cottage Grove City. It lies in ZIP code area 55016. The Survey maps it on the Saint Paul Park quadrangle.

Langdon within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Langdon between 2012 and 2018, burning about 91 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
25 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeGREY CLOUD
1 April 2017Debris and open burning6.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 March 2012Equipment and vehicle use10 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeINNOVATION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Langdon: 6 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur. 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
(Facility) Northwestern RefinerySulfurPlant
Shiely Larson Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cottage Grove Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nelson Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Noltiemeyer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Noltiemeyer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Riggs Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Langdon in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2009: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLangdon2 hurtTents and stage items blown over at Cottage Grove City Festival. Two people received minor injuries when a tent struck them. Tree down across a nearby road.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindLangdon-Spotters and a local TV station also relayed a damage report of about one dozen 18 diameter trees blown down, along with power lines, on the west edge of Cottage Grove, from 80th Street and Grange, into St Paul Park and Grey Cloud Township, near 96th Street and Highway 61.
July 2009HailLangdon-no account filed
July 2009HailLangdon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Cottage Grove1.5 miles18
East Cottage Grove3.3 miles18
Saint Paul Park4.0 miles18
Newport5.4 miles28
Basswood Grove7.0 miles18
Point Douglas7.1 miles18
Woodbury8.0 miles17
Oakbury9.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 646477. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.