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Nininger, Minnesota

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Nininger Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55033. It lies near Buck Island. The Survey maps it on the Saint Paul Park quadrangle.

Nininger within Dakota County

On record in Nininger

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Nininger between 2012 and 2018, burning about 85 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
25 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeGREY CLOUD
17 March 2012Equipment and vehicle use10 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeINNOVATION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dakota County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Nininger: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Nelson Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dakota 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
Hastings3.2 miles12
Sedil3.9 miles18
Pine Bend7.1 miles28
Vermillion7.4 miles12
Rich Valley7.7 miles13
Roseport7.8 miles28
Coates7.9 miles13
Inver Grove Heights9.2 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 648559. 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.