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Almelund, Minnesota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Amador Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55012. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lindstrom quadrangle. It stands 997 feet above sea level.

Almelund within Chisago County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Almelund between 1992 and 2020, burning about 176 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 burning13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSaint Croix National Scenic RiverWILD MT
21 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 June 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 June 1992Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use12 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chisago County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Almelund: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Legoo Lake Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Nevers Dam Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nevers Dam Road Sand & Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
St Croix River Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Wolf Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Chisago County

Storms near this place

10 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Almelund in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024HailAlmelund-The hail damaged garage doors and the roof of a camper.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindAlmelund-A few trees were downed near Almelund.
July 2023HailAlmelund-Delayed report of quarter to golfball size hail in Almelund Minnesota.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindAlmelund-The Wild River State Park had damage throughout their park area. Numerous trees were blown down and blocked roads in and out of the park.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAlmelund-A few trees were blown down in Amador Township, near Almelund.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindAlmelund-About 20 trees were downed, and half of a roof was torn off a horse stable.
July 1999Tornado (F0)Almelund-A shed and a few trees blown down.
June 2013HailAlmelund-no account filed
June 2007HailAlmelund-no account filed
June 2001HailAlmelund-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chisago County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Palmdale3.7 miles23
Kost4.4 miles14
Sunrise5.3 miles17
Center City6.9 miles14
Shafer7.5 miles23
Lindstrom7.8 miles14
Elm Estates7.8 miles14
Branch9.4 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on AlmelundAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4733765The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 639300. 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.