BlockAlborn, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Alborn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55702. The Survey maps it on the Alborn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Alborn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Alborn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 219 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1996 | 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 Alborn: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentonite Plant | Iron | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alborn in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alborn | - | A large pine tree was uprooted and laying over a garage. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alborn | - | Multiple trees were knocked down onto nearby power lines. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alborn | - | The winds blew down a 100 yard wide swath of trees just south of Alborn near Highway 7. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Alborn | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Alborn | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alborn | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 660640. 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.