BlockPort Cargill, Minnesota
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Savage City. It lies in ZIP code area 55378. It stands on Credit River. The Survey maps it on the Bloomington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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.
- 1896 USGS Minneapolis quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Minneapolis quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Minneapolis quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
72 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Port Cargill between 1995 and 2020, burning about 749 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BLACKDOG EAST |
| 5 August 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LOUISVILLE SWAMP |
| 13 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | WILKIE 1 |
| 13 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BLACK DOG 9 |
| 1 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BLACKDOG 1 |
| 6 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | WILKIE FOOT BRIDGE |
| 6 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LYNDALE 2 |
| 6 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LYNDALE 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Port Cargill: 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cargill Salt Plant | Halite | Producer | ||
| Burnsville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| W G Pearson Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hedberg Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kraemer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Mva Pit & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savage | 0.7 miles | 26 | |
| Glendale | 3.6 miles | 25 | |
| Barden | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Prior Lake | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Grainwood | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Credit River | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Spring Lake | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Shakopee | 10.4 miles | 19 |
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 Q122588588 | 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 654888. 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.