Oak Terrace, Minnesota
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Minnetonka City. It lies in ZIP code area 55345. The Survey maps it on the Hopkins quadrangle.
On record in Oak Terrace
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.
Glen Lake Children's Camplisted 1999 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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.
- 1896 USGS Minneapolis quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Minneapolis quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Hopkins quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Minneapolis quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Hopkins quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
100 words on this townshipHistory of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis, Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, published 1881; History of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Minnetonka City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Minnetonka City - 100 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Oak Terrace in 2004, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oak Terrace: 3 producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bury and Carlson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Glenn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hopkins Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Lake | 0.5 miles | 25 | |
| Hopkins | 2.0 miles | 25 | |
| Minnetonka | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Eden Prairie | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Groveland | 3.3 miles | 25 | |
| Rowland | 3.4 miles | 25 | |
| Minnetonka Mills | 3.5 miles | 25 | |
| Deephaven | 3.6 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 648860. 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.









