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South Saint Paul, Minnesota

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in South St. Paul City. It lies in ZIP code area 55075. The Survey maps it on the Saint Paul East quadrangle. 20,759 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 719 feet above sea level.

South Saint Paul within Dakota County

On record in South Saint Paul

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 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

South Saint Paul grew from 20,160 to 20,759 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201020,160
202020,759+599 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 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.

Fires near this place

4 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of South Saint Paul between 1996 and 2020, burning about 8 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
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
13 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2020Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresMinnesota Department of Natural ResourcesSAND DUNES
1 April 2017Debris and open burning6.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 October 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dakota County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of South Saint Paul: 6 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sulfur, Kaolin. 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
(Facility) Northwestern RefinerySulfurPlant
Twin City Brick Co. Clay PitKaolinProducerKaolinite
Dakota County Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Twin City Brick Co PitClayPast Producer
Cottage Grove Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pine Bend Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Riggs Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Standard Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Standard Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dakota 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
Inver Grove Heights3.1 miles28
Sunfish Lake3.7 miles28
West Saint Paul3.9 miles28
Lilydale5.1 miles28
Mendota Heights5.5 miles28
Wescott6.3 miles28
Mendota6.9 miles28
Pine Bend7.8 miles28

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 Saint PaulAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1003641The 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 652339. 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.