Alida, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bear Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56676. The Survey maps it on the Alida quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Alida quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lake Itasca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Alida between 1992 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 May 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alida in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 | Hail | Alida | - | Received a public report of quarter-sized hail. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alida | - | Numerous large branches were blown down. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Alida | - | Most of the hail was 0.25 to 0.50 inches in diameter. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alida | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Alida | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Alida | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee Pot Landing | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Mallard (historical) | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Vern | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Minerva | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Itasca | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Zerkel | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Shevlin | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Ponsford Landing | 12.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 639281. 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.
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.




