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Shepardson's Park, Minnesota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1991. It stands in La Crescent City. It lies in ZIP code area 55947. It lies near Minnesota Island. The Survey maps it on the La Crescent quadrangle.

Shepardson's Park within Houston County

On record in Shepardson's Park

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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.

In the county-history sources

2,728 words on this township

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 La Crescent Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on La Crescent Township - 2,728 words.

Fires near this place

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Shepardson's Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 51 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife RefugePAMMEL CREEK FIRE
2 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1900058
27 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2004198
27 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2004189
14 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2003958
5 July 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2003248
31 July 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1807990

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Shepardson's Park: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
La Crosse City QuarryStoneUnknown
La Crosse Sand QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dresbach QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Horn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Houston 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
La Crescent0.3 miles14
River Junction1.0 miles14
Pine Creek5.4 miles13
Hokah5.5 miles14
Village Terrace5.9 miles14
South Ridge6.6 miles13
Brownsville9.6 miles10
Houston14.8 miles10

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.

Wikidata item Q122573297The 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 2050466. 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.