BlockSpringvale, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Springvale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55080. The Survey maps it on the Springvale quadrangle. It stands 938 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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 Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Dalbo quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Springvale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Springvale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 170 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springvale in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springvale | $250,000 | A NWS Storm Survey indicated that numerous trees were blown down across north central and northeast Isanti County. The damage was in a swath about two miles wide. The hardest hit areas were west of Stanchfield, through the town, and to the east of Stanchfield. Several large sheds were also damaged in this area. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springvale | - | Wind damage to trees was noted on a social media video in Springvale Township, which is northwest of Cambridge. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Springvale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walbo | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Elm Park | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Dalbo | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Brook | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Cambridge | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Grandy | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Day | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| West Point | 6.6 miles | 12 |
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 Springvale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7581214 | 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 654956. 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.
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.