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White Willow, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Zumbrota Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55027. The Survey maps it on the Zumbrota quadrangle.

White Willow within Goodhue County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

In the county-history sources

9,568 words on this township

History of Goodhue County, Including a Sketch of the Territory and State of Minnesota; Together with an Account of the Early French Discoveries, Indian Massacres, the Part Borne by Minnesota's Patriots in the War of the Great Rebellion, and a Full and Complete History of the County from the Time of Its Occupancy by Swiss Missionaries in 1838. Pioneer Incidents, Biographical Sketches of Early and Prominent Settlers and Representative Men, and of Its Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc, published 1878; Goodhue County, Minnesota, Past and Present, published 1893; History of Dakota and Goodhue Counties, Minnesota /, published 1910 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Zumbrota Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Zumbrota Township - 9,568 words.

Fires near this place

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of White Willow between 2003 and 2020, burning about 65 acres 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 December 2020Fireworksunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 November 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 October 2012Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 October 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Goodhue County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of White Willow: 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dierke Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lokens Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomeorde PitsClayPast Producer
Thomforde PitsClayPast Producer1875
Baringer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Deden QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ryan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tougen QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Goodhue 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Goodhue2.9 miles11
Forest Mills4.6 miles11
Zumbrota4.9 miles11
Ryan5.3 miles10
Claybank5.4 miles10
Bellechester7.4 miles11
Hader7.9 miles11
Belle Creek8.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 655008. 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.