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York, Minnesota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in York Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55939. The Survey maps it on the Cherry Grove quadrangle.

York within Fillmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

Fires near this place

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of York between 1994 and 2016, burning about 91 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking2
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

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
10 September 2003Smoking15 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 July 2016Natural10 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 June 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 May 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 April 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 April 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 April 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fillmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of York: 20 past producers, 3 producers, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Apenhorst PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
GansenStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mauer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rifle Hill Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
A RamakerIronPast Producer
Barr MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fillmore County

Storms near this place

8 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names York in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011Tornado (EF2)York$250,000This tornado moved into Fillmore County, west of Granger, shortly after 2 p.m. and continued to track northeast until dissipating northeast of Harmony. The worst damage from this tornado occurred southwest and west of Harmony where two farm silos were damaged and roofs were taken off structures. Damages were estimated to be around $250 thousand.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)York$200,000A tornado that developed just south of the Minnesota state line moved into Fillmore County south of York and then moved north-northeast before dissipating near Greenleafton. A small barn and machine shed was destroyed and another sustained roof damage from the tornado. Another two farms also sustained some minor damage to buildings and a few homes sustained minor wind and tree damage.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindYork$15,000The public reported a tree blown onto a power line.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindYork$10,000Broadcast media relayed a report of two large trees snapped and damage to a metal outbuilding 6 miles south-southwest of Cherry Grove.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindYork-A 70 mph wind gust occurred south of Greenleafton.
May 2005HailYork-no account filed
April 2001HailYork-no account filed
June 2001HailYork-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fillmore 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
Cherry Grove3.9 miles7
Greenleafton4.5 miles8
Bristol5.3 miles8
Etna6.3 miles7
Granger7.2 miles8
Forestville8.1 miles8
Ostrander10.1 miles7
Carimona10.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 655027. 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.