BlockParkdale, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Dane Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56537. The Survey maps it on the Dayton Hollow Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1910 USGS Wendell quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Wendell quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Dayton Hollow Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wahpeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Parkdale between 1998 and 2020, burning about 264 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | HAUGEN WILDFIRE |
| 8 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 6.1 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | TOWNSEND |
| 5 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 87 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | BAKKE |
| 28 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | HAUGEN WF |
| 23 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | NEUMANN |
| 18 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | MAVIS WILDFIRE |
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 Parkdale: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britt Pit and Mill | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wall Lake | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Fergus Falls | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeview Estates | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| River Bluff Estates | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Dalton | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Squier | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Underwood | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Roberts (historical) | 9.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654871. 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.