BlockSchechs Mill, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Caledonia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55921. It stands on Beaver Creek East. The Survey maps it on the Sheldon quadrangle. It stands 748 feet above sea level.
On record in Schechs Mill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Schech Milllisted 1978 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sheldon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
9,241 words on this townshipThe Advantages and Resources of Houston County, Minnesota, published 1858; History of Houston County, Minnesota, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Caledonia Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Caledonia Township - 9,241 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 Schechs Mill between 1992 and 2015, burning about 175 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 8.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Schechs Mill: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Holty-Badger Quarry - Badger | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Holty-Badger Quarry- Holty | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Caledonia | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Highland Park Estates | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Estates | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Black Hammer | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Yucatan | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Willington Grove | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Houston | 6.6 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 Schechs Mill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29641798 | 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 654933. 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.