BlockAutomba, Minnesota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Automba Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55757. The Survey maps it on the Automba quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Automba quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Automba between 1992 and 2020, burning about 431 acres in total. 1 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 14 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 Automba: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranium Prospect No 4 | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Uranium Prospect No 9 | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Automba in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 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 | Automba | $20,000 | A few roads were washed out by the heavy rainfall just south of Automba on CR 135 and near the intersection of CR 135 and CR12. Water was quickly receding. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Automba | - | A large, healthy, old maple tree was snapped and fell onto a powerline along with a 2 foot diameter pine that was uprooted and toppled in the storm across CR135 in the area as well. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Automba | - | A brief radar-confirmed tornado produced a two mile swath of tree damage across mainly forested areas near Automba. No property damage reports were received. The damage path was estimated using satellite imagery and the rating was determined based on other similar damage reports from this event. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Automba | - | Floodwaters near the intersection of County Roads 129 and 73 made the road impassable. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kettle River | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Wright | 10.3 miles | 6 | |
| Woodbury | 11.4 miles | 7 | |
| Cromwell | 13.1 miles | 7 | |
| Hillside Terrace Homes | 14.1 miles | 7 | |
| Moose Lake | 14.4 miles | 7 | |
| Corona | 16.9 miles | 7 | |
| Barnum | 17.5 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654578. 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.