Hasty, Minnesota

Silver Creek Township is a township in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,332 at the 2000 census.

Enfield is an unincorporated community in Silver Creek Township, Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along Wright County Road 75 near Clementa Avenue NW. Nearby places include Hasty, Clearwater, and Monticello. Interstate 94 is nearby.

Silver Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Silver Creek Township, Wright County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 256. The community is on Wright County Road 8 near 112th Street NW. Wright County Road 39 is nearby. Nearby places include Maple Lake, Annandale, Clearwater, Hasty, Monticello, and Lake Maria State Park. Silver Creek is six miles north of Maple Lake and 21 miles south of St. Cloud. The community has a post office with ZIP code 55380.

Lake Maria State Park ( mə-RY-ə) is a state park of Minnesota, United States, created to provide a wilderness area within an easy drive of Minneapolis–Saint Paul. The park's amenities are designed primarily for hikers, backpackers, and horseback riders and consequently use remains light compared to other state parks around the metro area. It preserves a remnant of Big Woods atop a hilly, glacially-formed landscape dotted with lakes and wetlands. The park was established in 1963 west of the city of Monticello.

Clearwater Township is a township in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,368 at the 2000 census. Clearwater Township was organized in 1858, and named after the Clearwater River.

Clear Lake Township is a township in Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,630 at the 2000 census. Clear Lake Township was organized in 1858.

The Sherburne County Generating Station, also known as Sherco, is a large coal-fired power plant on the banks of the Mississippi River in Becker, Minnesota, which is in Sherburne County. Its three units have a combined capacity of 2,238 megawatts, making it the largest power plant in the state. In comparison, the single-unit Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant located less than four miles away has an output of 671 MW. The state's other nuclear power plant, the 2-unit Prairie Island facility, is rated at 1,096 MW, so Sherco has a larger peak output than those plants put together. The station uses 20,000 to 30,000 tons of coal per day. The BNSF Railway delivers up to three 115-car trains per day from mines in the Powder River Basin. In addition to generating electricity, some steam is also sent from the plant to a nearby paper plant, Liberty Paper Incorporated. The power plant has a normal staff of about 350 people, but up to 800 more employees are on site when the generating units are shut down and undergoing maintenance. The city borders of Becker extend around the plant, making the town heavily dependent on the plant for property tax revenue. The plant's annual $4 million property tax bill covers about 75% of the total for the city of about 4,600 people.The plant was initially constructed by Northern States Power Company (NSP), now a subsidiary of Xcel Energy. Units 1 and 2, which each have a capacity of 680 MW, came online in 1976 and 1977, respectively. The plant is still mostly owned by NSP/Xcel, although Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency has a 41 percent stake in the 876-MW Unit 3, which was built from 1983 to 1987 at a cost of about $1 billion.Unit 2 was shutdown on New Year's Eve in 2023.

Clear Lake is a city in Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 641 at the 2020 census.U.S. Highway 10 and Minnesota State Highway 24 are two of the main routes in Clear Lake. Clear Lake is 13 miles southeast of St. Cloud and 24 miles northwest of Elk River.

Clearwater is a city in Stearns and Wright counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 1,922 at the 2020 census. Most of the city lies within Wright County. The Wright County portion of Clearwater is part of the Minneapolis–St. Paul–WI Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the small portion in Stearns County is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is situated between the Mississippi and Clearwater Rivers. Interstate 94 and Minnesota State Highway 24 are its two main thoroughfares. Clearwater is 12 miles south of St. Cloud, 16 miles northwest of Monticello, and 25 miles northwest of Buffalo.

Nixon Lake is a lake in Wright County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.Nixon Lake bears the name of a local pioneer settler.There is also a Nixon Lake in Vilas County, Wisconsin.

Sugar Lake is a lake in Wright County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.Sugar Lake was named for groves of sugar maple trees near its shores.

The Clearwater Masonic and Grand Army of the Republic Hall is a historic building in Clearwater, Minnesota, United States, constructed in 1888. It has served as a meeting hall for both a local Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) post, and a local Masonic Lodge, with commercial space on the ground floor. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 under the name Clearwater Masonic Lodge–Grand Army of the Republic Hall for having local significance in the themes of architecture and social history. It was nominated for its association with the fraternal organizations of Clearwater and many other rural Wright County communities that, in the words of historian John J. Hackett, "provided leadership, direction, and contributions to the county's political, educational, patriotic, and social life."