Spruce Center, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Spruce Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56354. The Survey maps it on the Rose City quadrangle.

Spruce Center within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Rose City quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Spruce Center between 1992 and 2018, burning about 858 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 burning	13
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
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
6 May 2018	Debris and open burning	190 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 May 1993	Arson/incendiarism	13 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
9 April 2006	Recreation and ceremony	326 acres	Fergus Falls Wetland Management District	PARKERS PRAIRIE FIRE
8 April 1992	Debris and open burning	38 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
30 April 1998	Debris and open burning	32 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
3 April 2005	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
3 April 2005	Debris and open burning	6.7 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
29 April 2002	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Spruce Center: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Hanson Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
R & R Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Wonderlake Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Rose City	3.1 miles	9
Miltona	4.0 miles	9
Belle River	5.5 miles	9
Carlos	7.7 miles	11
Leaf Valley	12.5 miles	9
Nelson	12.7 miles	11
Hiview Park	13.0 miles	11
Osakis	14.5 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654957. 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.