BlockAlder, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Marcell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56657. The Survey maps it on the Marcell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1919 USGS Marcell quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Marcell quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Bigfork quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Marcell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Alder between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 August 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | BLUEBERRY |
| 21 August 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | not named |
| 20 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | PAINT |
| 6 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | JACK |
| 26 June 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | MAC |
| 7 May 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | MATT ZIMMER ROAD |
| 6 May 1995 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | KREIN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcell | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Talmoon | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Bowstring | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Suomi | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Jessie Lake | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Spring Lake | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Bigfork | 12.9 miles | 10 | |
| Inger | 14.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 655097. 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.