BlockAverill, Minnesota
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Spring Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56547. The Survey maps it on the Glyndon North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 23 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.
- 1895 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1897 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:125000, 12 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Glyndon North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
2 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Averill between 1992 and 2006, burning about 156 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 154 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | FLOWING |
| 16 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Averill: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ames Pit No 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ames S & G Pit No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Becker S & G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Huebner Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Northern Improvement Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Averill in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 7 hail, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Flood | Averill | $15,000 | Portions of township roads and several sections of farmland were flooded across northern Spring Prairie and southern Flowing townships. Three to six inches of rain fell in a short amount of time. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Averill | - | Nickel to Quarter sized hail fell off and on for a few minutes, until 7:43 PM CDT. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Averill | - | Brief burst of quarter sized hail. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Averill | - | A tree was uprooted. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Averill | - | The hail was measured well after it had fallen. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Averill | - | The report was relayed by the media. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Averill | - | The hail caused quite a bit of damage to cars and homes. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Averill | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Averill | - | 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 639538. 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.