BlockPopple Creek, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mayhew Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56379. The Survey maps it on the Mayhew quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 St. Cloud quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Mayhew quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS St. Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Popple Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 370 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Popple Creek in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Hail | Popple Creek | $250,000 | There were multiple vehicles damaged with windows broken. In addition, siding on houses was damaged and numerous windows were broken to houses and outbuildings in and around Popple Creek. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Popple Creek | - | A photo showed penny sized hail near the intersection of 30th St NE and Hwy 23. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Popple Creek | - | Numerous trees were blown down from west to east near Popple Creek. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Popple Creek | - | Hail occurred at County roads 4 and 25. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Popple Creek | - | Winds estimated. Several trees toppled. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Popple Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Popple Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Popple Creek | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Popple Creek | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654887. 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.
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.