Village Terrace, Minnesota
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Hokah Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55941. It stands on Butterfield Creek. The Survey maps it on the La Crescent quadrangle.
On record in Village Terrace
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Hokah Municipal Buildinglisted 2014 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1930 USGS La Crescent quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS La Crescent quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS La Crescent quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS La Crescent quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,087 words on this townshipThe Advantages and Resources of Houston County, Minnesota, published 1858; History of Houston County, Minnesota, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Hokah Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Hokah Township - 2,087 words.
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Village Terrace between 1992 and 2015, burning about 84 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 June 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Village Terrace: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conniff Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gap Hill Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Horn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Zaiger Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hokah | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| La Crescent | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| South Ridge | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Shepardson's Park | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Brownsville | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Creek | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| River Junction | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Freeburg | 10.2 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122598151 | 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 2050588. 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.









