BlockMarkville, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Arna Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55072. The Survey maps it on the Danbury East quadrangle. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1949 USGS Danbury quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Danbury quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Sandstone quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Danbury East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Markville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 133 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 burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FIRE IN THE BEDROOM |
| 15 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 77 AND BASS LAKE |
| 11 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FISH BOWL |
| 5 July 1997 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Markville: 9 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Clay Pit | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Glendenning Creek Sand Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Island Lake Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Island Lake Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Jacobson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Riverside Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Riverside Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Riverside Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Riverside Pit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Staples Lake Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Markville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14692831 | 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 647545. 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.