BlockSaint Francis, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Krain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56331. The Survey maps it on the Upsala quadrangle. It stands 1,250 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS Swanville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Upsala quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS St. Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
189 words on this townshipHistory of Stearns County, Minnesota, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Krain Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Krain Township - 189 words.
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Saint Francis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 449 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | LOVELL L.1 |
| 6 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 143 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | LOVELL L.2 |
| 5 May 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Litchfield Wetland Management District | LOVELL L 2 |
| 4 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 1999 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Saint Francis: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrison County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thieman Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Upsala Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Anthony | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Holdingford | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Rosa | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Freeport | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Anna | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Albany | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Opole | 11.5 miles | 9 | |
| Avon | 12.6 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Saint Francis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18392647 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 650580. 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.