Siegel, Minnesota

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Baytown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55082. The Survey maps it on the Stillwater quadrangle.

Siegel within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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.

1948 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1949 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1951 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Siegel between 2000 and 2020, burning about 29 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 ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Debris and open burning	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
18 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Saint Croix National Scenic River	HECKOFADAY
8 May 2017	Recreation and ceremony	6.5 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 May 2020	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	2020157
4 May 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	46
19 April 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	17 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
9 October 2020	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	20337
13 October 2000	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Siegel: 11 producers, 9 occurrences, 5 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Barton 769 Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Bryan Smith Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Moelter Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Moelter Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Barton Pit No 713	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Barton Pit No 766 and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Houlton Gravel Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Houlton Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hudson Pit No 714	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lakeland Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Oak Park Heights	1.3 miles	22
Bayport	1.4 miles	22
Stillwater	2.8 miles	22
Lake Elmo	4.1 miles	17
Lakeland	4.6 miles	18
Lakeland Shores	5.2 miles	18
Duluth Junction	6.5 miles	21
Lake Saint Croix Beach	6.9 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654941. 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.