Money Creek, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Money Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55943. It lies near Campbell Valley. The Survey maps it on the Houston quadrangle. It stands 768 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1958 USGS Houston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Houston quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Money Creek between 1992 and 2014, burning about 145 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.1 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 Money Creek: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Ridge Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Money Creek in 10 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Money Creek | $6,000,000 | Tremendous flash flooding and mudslides covered many highways in the area, including Highway 76 between Money Creek and Houston. Highway bridges were completely blown out and sections of roads were quickly eroded away. Other mudslides were reported on county highways 9, 13 and 26. |
| July 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Money Creek | $125,000 | An EF0 tornado moved through rural portions of Houston County north of the city of Houston. The tornado destroyed one barn, pushed another off its foundation, and damaged trees and some crops. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Money Creek | $5,000 | A shed was damaged by straight line winds. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Money Creek | $3,000 | A path of wind damage occurred west of Money Creek where large tree limbs were broken off. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Money Creek | $2,000 | Thunderstorms winds blew down trees. An electrical transformer was on fire but the cause was unknown. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Money Creek | $500 | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Money Creek | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Money Creek | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Money Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Money Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perkins | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Houston | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| South Ridge | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sheldon | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Yucatan | 10.5 miles | 8 | |
| Schechs Mill | 10.8 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Creek | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Village Terrace | 14.2 miles | 14 |
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 Money Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6899116 | 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 648024. 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.







