Orchard Garden, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Burnsville City. It lies in ZIP code area 55306. It lies near Buck Hill. The Survey maps it on the Orchard Lake quadrangle.
On record in Orchard Garden
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.
Minneapolis St. Paul Rochester & Dubuque Electric Traction Company Depotlisted 1979 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Prior Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Orchard Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Orchard Garden between 2000 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 May 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BLACK DOG 3 |
| 20 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | CLIFF |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | COLEMAN LAKE |
| 2 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 March 2006 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BLACK DOG |
| 9 December 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.4 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | CLIFF FEN |
| 7 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | NINE MILE CREEK |
| 18 November 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | KRAMER GRAVEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Orchard Garden: 4 producers, 3 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnsville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Casperson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Fisher Sand & Aggregate Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kraemer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Lakeville Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mva Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Northwestern Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Argonne | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Burnsville | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Apple Valley | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Antlers Park | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lakeville | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Grove | 7.1 miles | 30 | |
| Nicols | 7.8 miles | 30 |
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 Q122568891 | 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 648987. 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.






