Marystown, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Louisville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55379. The Survey maps it on the Jordan East quadrangle.
On record in Marystown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
St. Mary's Church of the Purification-Catholiclisted 1980 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS New Prague quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Jordan East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Marystown between 1995 and 2015, burning about 14 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BOARDWALK2 |
| 1 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BOARDWALK1 |
| 25 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | HARTUNG |
| 21 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RAPIDS |
| 2 August 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LOUISVILLE SWAMP 3 |
| 12 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RAPIDS LAKE 1 |
| 8 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | GATE |
| 7 July 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | JABS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Marystown: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eggum Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bryan Rock Prod Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Highway Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Jordan Quartz Pit & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Malkerson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marystown in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marystown | $100,000 | A severe squall line produced significant tree damage across Scott County from near Marystown, east-southeast toward Prior Lake and Credit River. Numerous trees were uprooted or toppled in sporadic areas. There were also several private weather stations that measured wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph from Shakopee to Prior Lake. There was also a measured wind gust of 58 mph in Belle Plaine, and 56 mph wind gust west of New Prague. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Marystown | - | Most of the observed hail was nickel size and was reported at 150th, and Marystown Road, south of Shakopee. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marystown | - | A few large trees were blown down near Prior Lake. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Marystown | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Marystown | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Marystown | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Marystown | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baden | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Merriam | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Spring Lake | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Josephs | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Mudbaden | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lydia | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Shakopee | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Grainwood | 5.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 647602. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






