BlockRocky Creek Estates, Minnesota
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Rochester City. It lies in ZIP code area 55906. It stands on Cascade Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rochester quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1935 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
51,537 words on this townshipHistory of Olmsted County, Minnesota, published 1910 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Rochester City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Rochester City - 51,537 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Rocky Creek Estates in 2000, burning under an acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Rocky Creek Estates: 6 producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goldberg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| West River Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Q & A Club Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Quarve & Anderson Club M | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rochester Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rochester Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| South 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zumbro Ridge Estates | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Hallmark Terrace | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Rochester | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Oak Terrace Estates | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Ringe | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Golden Hill | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Oronoco Estates | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Chester | 6.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2064048. 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.