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Prosper, Minnesota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Canton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55954. The Survey maps it on the Mabel quadrangle.

Prosper within Fillmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 8 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

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Prosper between 2001 and 2003, burning about 3 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 burning1
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
12 July 2001Smokingunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 March 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fillmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Prosper: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Rowe MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Burr Oak QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Lustikow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Newberg MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Newberg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sexton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fillmore County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prosper in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindProsper-The mesonet station near Canton reported a 62 mph wind gust.

Every storm recorded in Fillmore 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
Canton3.5 miles8
Lenora4.5 miles8
Newburg5.0 miles8
Mabel5.4 miles8
Henrytown6.8 miles8
Amherst7.1 miles8
Harmony8.1 miles8
Tawney8.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 649745. 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.