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Lawrence, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in St. Lawrence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55352. The Survey maps it on the Jordan West quadrangle.

Lawrence within Scott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

4 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Lawrence between 2004 and 2009, burning about 11 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
Recreation and ceremony4

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
12 August 2004Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeRAPIDS LAKE 1
27 May 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeDUCKLANE 2
27 May 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeDUCKLANE 1
20 May 2009Recreation and ceremony10 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeBELLE PLAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lawrence: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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
Minnesota Quartz Co.SilicaPast ProducerSandstone

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lawrence in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLawrence-Wind measured with anemometer.

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Jordan3.1 miles11
Mudbaden4.2 miles12
Belle Plaine5.1 miles11
Valley View Terrace5.3 miles11
Saint Benedict6.1 miles11
Baden6.4 miles12
Saint Josephs6.4 miles12
Merriam7.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654786. 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.