BlockAmor, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Amor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56515. The Survey maps it on the Walker Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1912 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Amor between 1992 and 2015, burning about 90 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 78 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amor in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amor | $20,000 | A barn was destroyed by the wind. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amor | - | Estimated 80 mph winds at the leading edge of the thunderstorm. Boat canopies destroyed. 30 foot tree snapped at base and fallen. Deck furniture thrown. Numerous other branches and limbs down. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amor | - | Five power poles were snapped or cracked in Amor Township. Time estimated based on radar. |
| June 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Amor | - | A weak tornado touched down on Dead Lake and tracked southward for about one-half of a mile. The tornado moved onto the lake shore north of Basswood and northeast of Amor. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amor | - | The strong wind blew shingles off a roof and threw a 8x8 foot fish house 150 yards. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Amor | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Amor | - | 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 655127. 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.