BlockAndrusia, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Ten Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56601. The Survey maps it on the Andrusia Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Andrusia Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Cass Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Andrusia Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Andrusia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 238 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 25 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 | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | BIG LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Andrusia: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beltrami County Marl Beds No 2 | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lavinia | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Turtle River | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Rosby | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Norway Park | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pennington | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Woodland Park | 10.5 miles | 11 | |
| Birchmont | 11.2 miles | 11 | |
| Bemidji | 11.5 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122593477 | 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 655138. 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.