BlockWoodland Park, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Girard Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56551. It stands on Brandborg Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vining quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1912 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Vining quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
24 words on this townshipOtter Tail County, Minnesota, in the World War;, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Girard Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Girard Township - 24 words.
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Woodland Park between 1992 and 2012, burning about 519 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 360 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 32 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2010 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Woodland Park: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranium Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nirvana | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Vining | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Henning | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Clitherall | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Inglewood | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Leaf City (historical) | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ottertail | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Battle Lake | 9.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2125216. 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.