BlockLeaf Valley, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Leaf Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56332. The Survey maps it on the Lake Miltona West quadrangle.
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 Lake Miltona West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Leaf Valley between 1992 and 2007, burning about 338 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 May 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millerville | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Garfield | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Miltona | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Brandon | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Carlos | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hiview Park | 11.6 miles | 11 | |
| Alexandria | 12.1 miles | 9 | |
| Evansville | 12.3 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594113 | 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 654789. 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.