BlockAngora, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Angora Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55703. The Survey maps it on the Cook 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 Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cook quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Vermillion Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Angora between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 5 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Superior National Forest | FINN HOMESTEAD |
| 15 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | 248 A |
| 10 September 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Superior National Forest | PFEIFFER LAKE |
| 1 August 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Angora: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aad Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Frederick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Angora in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 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 2024 | Flash Flood | Angora | - | Flooding along Minnesota Highway 1 between Brown Road and County Road 361 led to the closure of Highway 1. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Angora | - | Minnesota Highway 1 was closed in both directions between Sassas Road and Brown Road due to flooding. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angora | - | An 80 foot pine tree was blown down with several more trees downed in the area as well. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Angora | - | 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 660660. 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.