Ball Club, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bowstring Lake unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 56636. The Survey maps it on the Ball Club quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Ball Club quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Pokegama Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Ball Club quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
239 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Ball Club between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,177 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 116 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 | 116 |
| Debris and open burning | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | WEST BALL CLUB FIRE |
| 10 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | SNAKE |
| 21 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | LONELY FIRE |
| 13 August 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 9.8 acres | Chippewa National Forest | SWAMP FIRE |
| 9 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ball Club in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2016: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Hail | Ball Club | - | The hail lasted for about 2 minutes. The largest stones were about the size of nickels. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ball Club | - | A couple of 8 to 10 diameter trees were blown down. The power was out. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ball Club | - | Widespread wind damage occurred. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ball Club | - | Numerous trees were blown down along the northwest side of Ball Club Lake. Some of the trees were 30 inches in diameter. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Ball Club | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ball Club | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Ball Club | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ball Club | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ball Club | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer River | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Zemple | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Suomi | 15.0 miles | 10 | |
| Inger | 16.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bass Brook | 16.5 miles | 10 | |
| Bowstring | 16.7 miles | 9 | |
| Cohasset | 17.3 miles | 10 | |
| Bass Brook Court | 18.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 655201. 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.
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.






