Mudbaden, Minnesota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sand Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55352. The Survey maps it on the Jordan East quadrangle.

Mudbaden within Scott County

On record in Mudbaden

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.

Mudbaden Sulphur Springs Companylisted 1980 · 0.2 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

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

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Mudbaden between 1995 and 2015, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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	21
Arson/incendiarism	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
7 July 2006	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge	JABS
26 July 2001	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge	BPPIER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mudbaden: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bryan Rock Prod Inc	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Minnesota Quartz Co.	Silica	Past Producer	Sandstone
Eggum Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Mueller Sand and Gravel Pit No 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Scott 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Jordan	1.8 miles	11
Baden	2.2 miles	12
Merriam	3.4 miles	12
Saint Josephs	3.6 miles	12
Lawrence	4.2 miles	11
Marystown	4.5 miles	12
Lydia	6.7 miles	12
Saint Benedict	7.2 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654838. 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.