Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
“Spring Valley Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church building at 221 W. Courtland Street in Spring Valley, Minnesota.”
Wikipedia article Spring Valley Methodist Episcopal Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 36 National Register listings published here for Fillmore County · listed in 1975 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Spring Valley Methodist Episcopal Church between 1993 and 2020, burning about 35 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 1996 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Spring Valley Methodist Episcopal Church: 9 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bly Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brehmer Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Churchill Reserve Mine | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Cooper Reserve | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Eisenman Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hallie Bly Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Kunnert Mine Reserve No 1 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| O Kunnert Mine Reserve No 2 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Q Baker Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Raymond Olson | Iron | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Valley, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 1997: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Valley | $6,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Valley | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Spring Valley | $500 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Spring Valley | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Spring Valley | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Spring Valley | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Valley | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Valley | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parsons Block and Hall | 0.1 miles | 1982 | |
 | Bridge No. 5722 | 0.1 miles | 2011 |
 | Spring Valley Carnegie Library | 0.2 miles | 1982 |
 | Ephraim Steffens House | 0.2 miles | 1982 |
| William Strong House | 0.3 miles | 1982 | |
 | Commercial House Hotel | 0.7 miles | 2001 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75000979 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Fillmore County | All 36 listed properties in this county. |
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