Becida, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fern Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56678. The Survey maps it on the Lake Hattie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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
- 1972 USGS Lake Hattie quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lake Itasca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Becida between 1992 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 June 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Becida in 22 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Becida | $500,000 | Ground survey and high resolution satellite confirmed a long swath of widespread destructive straight-line winds estimated between 80 and 90 mph across far northern Hubbard County. The surge of winds and associated 30 mile long damage swath started upstream in Clearwater County and spread across southern Beltrami and northern Hubbard county. The widest part of the swath was almost 12 miles wide from just north of Bemidji to its southern edge in northern Hubbard county. The highest winds and greatest damage were in the Bemidji area. There was approximately 53,609 acres of northern Hubbard County impacted with widespread tree damage within this single swath. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Becida | $30,000 | The wind knocked down six to eight inch diameter tree branches. |
| June 2016 | Lightning | Becida | $10,000 | A lightning strike started a fire at the Fern Township hall. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Becida | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Flood | Becida | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Becida | $100 | Tree limbs were blown down by the wind. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Becida | - | Public reports quarter to half-dollar sized hail in Becida. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Becida | - | Public reports hail 9 SW Bemidji with sizes ranging from peas to half-dollar. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Becida | - | The hail was mostly pea to nickel sized. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Becida | - | A few trees were blown down. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Becida | - | Large tree branches were blown down and a few 6 to 8 inch diameter poplar trees were snapped. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Becida | - | Metal roofing panels were torn off a barn. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Becida | - | The roof was blown off a garage. The time was estimated. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Becida | - | The new recreational area near LaSalle Lake had numerous trees blown down. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Becida | - | Hail from dime size to quarter size fell for about five minutes. |
| September 2018 | Hail | Becida | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Becida | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Becida | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Becida | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Becida | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Becida | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Becida | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yola | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Lake George | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Kabekona Corner | 13.6 miles | 8 | |
| Nary | 13.7 miles | 9 | |
| Guthrie | 15.8 miles | 9 | |
| Laporte | 19.8 miles | 9 | |
| Farris | 20.1 miles | 9 | |
| Emmaville | 20.6 miles | 9 |
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 Q122556166 | 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 639845. 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.




