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Palmdale, Minnesota

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Shafer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55084. The Survey maps it on the Saint Croix Dalles quadrangle.

Palmdale within Chisago County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Palmdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 205 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
9 July 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSaint Croix National Scenic RiverWILD MT
21 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 May 2009Equipment and vehicle use52 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 May 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSaint Croix National Scenic RiverPAINT MINE WF
10 May 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2004Arson/incendiarism25 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chisago County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Palmdale: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. 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
Beede Lake Trail Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dwight Parmeter Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Edward G McKenzie Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Legoo Lake Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
St Croix River Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Sth 87 Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Chisago County

Storms near this place

1 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palmdale in 1 storm report in 1999: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1999Tornado (F0)Palmdale-A few trees down.

Every storm recorded in Chisago 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
Almelund3.7 miles14
Shafer4.8 miles23
Taylors Falls5.7 miles23
Center City6.1 miles14
Franconia6.3 miles24
Kost7.6 miles14
Lindstrom7.6 miles14
Elm Estates7.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654868. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.