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Belgrade, Minnesota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Biwabik City. It lies in ZIP code area 55708. The Survey maps it on the Biwabik quadrangle.

Belgrade within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Belgrade between 1992 and 2020, burning about 486 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony11
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSuperior National ForestPIKE MOUNTAIN
6 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 78 workings within 5 miles of Belgrade: 64 past producers, 11 prospects, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum, Silica, Manganese, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bangor MineIron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, FreeProducer1910
Corsica MineIron, Aluminum, Silica, Manganese, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1901
Jl-47 Reserve Jl-47Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, FreeProspect
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 16wIron, Water, FreeProspectSurface
McKinley MineIron, SilicaProducer1907
Embarrass MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1909
U.S. Steel Reserve 0-42Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1956
U.S. Steel Reserve O-40Iron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Welton MineIron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect
Ajax MineIronPast Producer1899

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Biwabik1.8 miles14
McKinley2.3 miles13
Elcor4.0 miles13
Pineville4.3 miles14
Gilbert5.6 miles11
Sparta7.0 miles11
Aurora7.3 miles14
Franklin7.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 660767. 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.