Oakwood Court, Minnesota
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in North Branch City. It lies in ZIP code area 55056. The Survey maps it on the North Branch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1950 USGS Rush City quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rush City quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS North Branch quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grantsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Oakwood Court between 1992 and 2020, burning about 366 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 burning | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | HENRY |
| 23 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 26 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 Oakwood Court: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E F Hals Sand & Gravel Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Branch | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Branch | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Harris | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Kost | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Stark | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sunrise | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Stacy | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Croix Estates | 10.1 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.
| Wikidata item Q122539902 | 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 2069081. 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.








