BlockTraverse, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Traverse Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56082. The Survey maps it on the North Star quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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 New Ulm quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS North Star quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Traverse between 1996 and 2011, burning about 327 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 November 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 290 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 November 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 37 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Traverse: 10 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gopher State Sandstone Mill | Silica | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Silica Pit | Silica | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Brown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ed Swarthout Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Sandstone Quarry No 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Sandstone Quarry No1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kasota Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Le Sueur Co Hwy Dept | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lundin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wolff Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Traverse in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025 | Hail | Traverse | - | Quarter to golf ball sized hail. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Traverse | - | Quarter size hail occurred near the intersection of County Road 75 and 20, north of Traverse. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Traverse | - | An old storage barn was destroyed along 375th Avenue near Highway 22 in Section 36 of Lake Prairie West Township. Numerous trees on the same property were felled. One tree fell onto a swing set and another damaged patio furniture. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Peter | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| North Star | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Oshawa | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Norseland | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| New Sweden | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Nicollet | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Kerns | 10.7 miles | 13 | |
| Avalon | 11.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654978. 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.