BlockRound Prairie, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Round Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56347. The Survey maps it on the Round Prairie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Round Prairie quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS St. Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Round Prairie between 1992 and 2019, burning about 316 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 31 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Round Prairie: 1 producer. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winters Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Round Prairie in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 3 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Hail | Round Prairie | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Round Prairie | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Round Prairie | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Round Prairie | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Sauk | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Gutches Grove | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Long Prairie | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ward Springs | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Spaulding | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Grey Eagle | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| North Shore | 10.5 miles | 10 | |
| Pillsbury | 10.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 650365. 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.