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London, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Silver Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55616. It lies near Gustafson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Two Harbors NE quadrangle.

London within Lake 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

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of London between 1994 and 2015, burning about 32 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 September 2012Natural1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 June 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 May 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of London: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Big Noise Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clark PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gooseberry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Swanstroms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Beaver Crossing3.6 miles11
Silver Creek6.5 miles11
Castle Danger6.7 miles11
Lauren6.9 miles9
Alger7.6 miles9
Highland7.9 miles9
York8.8 miles9
Wales9.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654804. 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.