BlockLeaf City, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Leaf Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56551. The Survey maps it on the Heinola quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Heinola quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
47 words on this townshipOtter Tail County, Minnesota, in the World War;, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Leaf Lake Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Leaf Lake Township - 47 words.
Fires near this place
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Leaf City (historical) between 2003 and 2019, burning about 57 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 April 2019 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 32 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 October 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Leaf City (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranium Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heinola | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ottertail | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Henning | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Woodland Park | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Deer Creek | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| New York Mills | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Richdale | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Nirvana | 10.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2073138. 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.