BlockSouth Ridge, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Mound Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55947. The Survey maps it on the Mound Prairie quadrangle. It stands 1,197 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1930 USGS La Crescent quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS La Crescent quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Mound Prairie quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
37,718 words on this townshipHistory of Houston County, Including Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Mound Prairie Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Mound Prairie Township - 37,718 words.
Fires near this place
22 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of South Ridge between 1993 and 2015, burning about 157 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 June 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 1993 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 South Ridge: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gap Hill Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Horn Quarry | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Creek | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Village Terrace | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hokah | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| La Crescent | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Shepardson's Park | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| River Junction | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Houston | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Money Creek | 9.9 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 South Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29641808 | 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 654950. 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.