BlockBellaire, Minnesota
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in White Bear Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55110. It lies near Manitou Island. The Survey maps it on the White Bear Lake East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1948 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS White Bear Lake East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS White Bear Lake East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
9,601 words on this townshipHIstory of Ramsey County and the CIty of St. Paul, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on White Bear Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on White Bear Township - 9,601 words.
Fires near this place
11 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Bellaire between 2000 and 2018, burning about 114 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | FORKS FIRE |
| 7 May 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | RED ARROW |
| 29 May 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 May 2018 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Shore Park | 0.9 miles | 22 | |
| White Bear Lake | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| White Bear Beach | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Gem Lake | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Hoffmans Corner | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Bald Eagle | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| North Saint Paul | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Vadnais Heights | 4.3 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 639884. 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.