BlockBald Eagle Center, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the North Cass unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 56633. The Survey maps it on the Pennington 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
- 1971 USGS Pennington quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Cass Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Pennington quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Bald Eagle Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 229 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | TEN LAKE |
| 15 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | SCHLEY |
| 4 June 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | ELONGATED CAMPFIRE |
| 30 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | THIRD RIVER |
| 2 June 2002 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | BEGINNER |
| 18 June 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | NORWAY |
| 11 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Chippewa National Forest | SCHLEY |
| 11 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | CRAPPIE |
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 Bald Eagle Center: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul Mine | Iron | Past 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schley | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cuba (historical) | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Ryan Village | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Cass Lake | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bena | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| Wilkinson | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Federal Dam | 15.4 miles | 9 | |
| Baker | 20.0 miles | 10 |
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 Q122566422 | 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 655196. 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.