BlockMaple Island, Minnesota
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in May Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55047. The Survey maps it on the Marine on St. Croix quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1948 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Marine quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Marine On St. Croix quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Marine on St Croix quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Maple Island between 1994 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 1 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 May 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 May 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 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 Maple Island: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larson Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnelian Junction | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Withrow | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Marine on St. Croix | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Arcola | 5.9 miles | 22 | |
| Scandia | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Copas | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Grant | 6.8 miles | 21 | |
| Weston | 6.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654817. 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.