BlockSpring Lake, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Prior Lake City. It lies in ZIP code area 55372. It lies near Twin Isle. The Survey maps it on the Prior Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Prior Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Prior Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Spring Lake in 2013, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LOUISVILLE SWAMP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Spring Lake: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prior Lake Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Jordan Quartz Pit & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Malkerson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Lake in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2012: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Hail | Spring Lake | - | One half to three quarters of an inch diameter hail fell across the area for approximately 10 minutes. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Lake | - | A private wind sensor measured a wind gust of 59 mph west of Prior Lake, Minnesota. In addition, two trees were blown down east of the measured wind gust, one had a six inch diameter base. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Lake | - | Numerous large trees were blown down in the south part of Prior Lake. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Lake | - | Boatlift lifted out of the water and blown over a dock then about 200 feet down the shore to another house. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Spring Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Spring Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Spring Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Lake | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grainwood | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Prior Lake | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Lydia | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Marystown | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Credit River | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Glendale | 5.5 miles | 25 | |
| Saint Josephs | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Barden | 6.4 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 652475. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.