Bayview, Minnesota
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Duluth City. It lies in ZIP code area 55810. The Survey maps it on the West Duluth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1915 USGS Superior quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS West Duluth quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS West Duluth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Bayview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 138 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 57 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 Bayview: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mailing Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Superior Grinding Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Storms near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bayview in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayview | - | Two large trees were blown down and were blocking a road near Bayview School. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayview | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bayview | - | A large tree was also blown down. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayview | - | A large tree was down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayview | - | A large tree was blown over and fell onto a fence. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Duluth | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Zenith Terrace | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Oneota | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Proctor | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Riverside | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Saint Paul Church | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Smithville | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Missabe Junction | 3.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 660728. 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.








