River Bluff Estates, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Fergus Falls City. It lies in ZIP code area 56537. It stands on Pelican River. The Survey maps it on the Fergus Falls quadrangle.

River Bluff Estates within Otter Tail County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1913 USGS Fergus Falls quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Fergus Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Wahpeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

8 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of River Bluff Estates between 1992 and 2012, burning about 54 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Debris and open burning	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Smoking	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
28 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
20 June 1992	Smoking	2.5 acres	Fergus Falls Wetland Management District	WILDUNG
4 May 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Fergus Falls Wetland Management District	HAUGEN WILDFIRE
12 May 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Fergus Falls Wetland Management District	RUSH LAKE
8 April 1998	Debris and open burning	6.1 acres	Fergus Falls Wetland Management District	TOWNSEND
29 April 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Fergus Falls Wetland Management District	WILDUNG
18 April 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Fergus Falls Wetland Management District	MAVIS WILDFIRE
20 October 2003	Debris and open burning	31 acres	Fergus Falls Wetland Management District	RUSH LAKE WILDFIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otter Tail County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of River Bluff Estates: 3 producers. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Britt Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Eide Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Thunselle Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Otter Tail 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fergus Falls	1.7 miles	11
Lakeview Estates	3.5 miles	11
French	4.9 miles	10
Parkdale	6.1 miles	9
Elizabeth	6.8 miles	10
Carlisle	7.3 miles	10
Wall Lake	7.7 miles	12
Roberts (historical)	7.7 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2071811. 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.