BlockAure, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Roosevelt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56676. The Survey maps it on the Aure quadrangle.
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 Solway quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Solway quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Aure quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fosston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Aure between 1992 and 2018, burning about 127 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1996 | Smoking | 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 Aure: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Thorson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 654577. 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.