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Midland Junction, Minnesota

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Greenfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55981. The Survey maps it on the Wabasha South quadrangle.

Midland Junction within Wabasha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

In the county-history sources

4,092 words on this township

History of Wabasha County : Together with Biographical Matter, Statistics, Etc. : Gathered from Matter Furnished by Interviews with Old Settlers, County, Township, and Other Records, and Extracts from Files of Papers, Pamphlets, and Such Other Sources As Have Been Available : Also a History of Winona County, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Greenfield Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Greenfield Township - 4,092 words.

Fires near this place

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Midland Junction between 1993 and 2020, burning about 65 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 burning4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
12 August 1995Smoking1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 1996Smokingunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 1994Smoking2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 April 1996Debris and open burning5.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 1993Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wabasha County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Midland Junction: 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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
Own CrewsStone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Alma Sandstone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Freiheit QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hoch Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alma High School Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Buffalo River Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Capps Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Wabasha Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Winona S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wabasha 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
Kellogg0.9 miles20
Wabasha4.6 miles16
Dumfries6.5 miles15
West Newton6.6 miles20
Conception6.9 miles15
Reads Landing6.9 miles16
Weaver8.3 miles14
Theilman10.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654827. 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.