BlockBasswood, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dead Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56576. The Survey maps it on the Walker Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1912 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Walker Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
25 words on this townshipOtter Tail County, Minnesota, in the World War;, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Dead Lake Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Dead Lake Township - 25 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Basswood between 1992 and 2015, burning about 153 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 64 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 78 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Basswood in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Basswood | $75,000 | A resort on Dead Lake was hit by the strong winds. Four cabins were damaged and a large propane tank was pushed off its foundation. A boat was picked up and thrown 3 cabins down, dragging the anchor. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Basswood | - | Numerous trees were uprooted around Dead Lake, with damage to a boat lift. |
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 655259. 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.