BlockAlvwood, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Alvwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56630. The Survey maps it on the Alvwood quadrangle. It stands 1,381 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Rosy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Alvwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Blackduck quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Alvwood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Alvwood between 1994 and 2018, burning about 55 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | SEMI TRUCK |
| 4 May 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | BERGVILLE LAKE |
| 30 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Chippewa National Forest | HOAGLUND RD |
| 22 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alvwood in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2021: 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bergville | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Rosy | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Dunbar | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Orth | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Houpt (historical) | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Squaw Lake | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Dora Lake | 12.1 miles | 12 | |
| Max | 13.3 miles | 11 |
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 Alvwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14692512 | The 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 655115. 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.