Woodlyn Court, Minnesota
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1991. It stands in St. Francis City. It lies in ZIP code area 55070. The Survey maps it on the Saint Francis quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1916 USGS St. Francis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1919 USGS St. Francis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS St Francis quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
12,939 words on this townshipWith the Colors from Anoka County, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on St. Francis City covers the township.
Read the chapter on St. Francis City - 12,939 words.
Fires near this place
204 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Woodlyn Court between 1992 and 2020, burning about 466 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 93 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Francis | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Bethel | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Coopers Corner | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Mort | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| East Bethel | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Nowthen | 9.4 miles | 16 |
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 Q122542828 | 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 2094590. 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.









