BlockSaint Josephs, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sand Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55352. The Survey maps it on the Jordan East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS New Prague quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Jordan East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Saint Josephs between 1998 and 2005, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RAPIDS LAKE 1 |
| 15 June 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RAPIDS LAKE GP3 |
| 27 May 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | DUCKLANE 2 |
| 27 May 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | DUCKLANE 1 |
| 15 May 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RAPIDS LAKE GP2 |
| 1 May 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RAPIDS LAKE GP1 |
| 4 April 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RLWILD1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Saint Josephs: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Quartz Pit & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Minnesota Quartz Co. | Silica | Past Producer | Sandstone |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lydia | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Jordan | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Mudbaden | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Baden | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Marystown | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Merriam | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Patrick | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Benedict | 5.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1817708. 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.