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Rowland, Minnesota

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eden Prairie City. It lies in ZIP code area 55344. The Survey maps it on the Eden Prairie quadrangle.

Rowland within Hennepin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

16 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Rowland between 2000 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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
13 August 2004Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeWILKIE 1
6 July 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeWILKIE FOOT BRIDGE
16 July 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeBLOOMINGTON FERRY
16 June 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeWILKE FIRE
29 May 2004Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeBLOOMINGTON FERRY 1
27 May 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeWILKE
17 May 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeUPGCAMP
10 May 2004Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeUPGRALA 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hennepin 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 Rowland: 7 producers. All of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cargill Salt PlantHaliteProducer
Shiely Savage QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
W G Pearson Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bury and Carlson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Edina PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Glenn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hedberg Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Hennepin 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
Eden Prairie2.4 miles25
Atwood3.3 miles26
Oak Terrace3.4 miles25
Glen Lake3.7 miles25
Edina4.5 miles26
Bloomington Ferry4.7 miles25
Hopkins4.9 miles25
Minnetonka5.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 650369. 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.