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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 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.
- 1946 USGS Hudson quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Hudson quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS St Paul Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS St Paul Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS St. Paul Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS St Paul Park quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS St. Paul Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2012Regional 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 use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | GREY CLOUD |
| 1 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | INNOVATION |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Northwestern Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Shiely Larson Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cottage Grove Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Nelson Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Noltiemeyer Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Noltiemeyer Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Riggs Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langdon | 2 hurt | Tents 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langdon | - | 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 2009 | Hail | Langdon | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Langdon | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage Grove | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| East Cottage Grove | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Paul Park | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Newport | 5.4 miles | 28 | |
| Basswood Grove | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Point Douglas | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Woodbury | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Oakbury | 9.6 miles | 17 |
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.












