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Berner, Minnesota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Winsor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56644. The Survey maps it on the Berner quadrangle.

Berner within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

89 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Berner between 1993 and 2019, burning about 4,780 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 39 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/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural1

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
29 September 2012Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresRed Lake AgencyRED LAKE 521
7 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresRed Lake AgencyRL345
31 August 2003Equipment and vehicle use27 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRed Lake AgencyRED LAKE 456
30 July 2006Natural1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresRed Lake AgencyRL330
21 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use17 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Berner: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Broin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Colstrom PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clearwater County

Storms near this place

13 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berner in 13 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBerner$300,000A downburst wind damage path developed across west central Greenwood Township. Numerous trees were toppled with some falling on the Greenwood Township Hall roof. A one to two mile wide swath of wind damage extended for over three miles and indicated peak winds of 60 to 80 mph.
July 2013Tornado (EF1)Berner$50,000This tornado began in Polk County, about one mile north of Trail, at 12:33 am CST. The tornado snapped and uprooted numerous trees along its entire seven mile path. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph.
May 2013FloodBerner$5,000no account filed
April 2013FloodBerner$5,000no account filed
March 2009FloodBerner$5,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBerner-A few trees were blown down near Minnesota HWY 1 and BIA 19. Time estimated based on radar.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBerner-Peak wind was measured at a personal weather station. Dime to quarter sized hail fell for a short period of time.
May 2022HailBerner-Received a report of quarter-sized hail and strong winds.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBerner-A few trees were snapped in a grove.
June 2019HailBerner-Large hail damaged crops across central Windsor Township.
June 2018HailBerner-The hail fell along highway 1, off the southwest edge of Lower Red Lake.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBerner-Trees and powerlines were knocked down.
June 2002HailBerner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clearwater 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
Winsor (historical)2.9 miles11
Gonvick5.1 miles10
Clearbrook8.1 miles10
Weme11.6 miles10
Leonard15.0 miles10
Bagley19.9 miles10
Ebro21.5 miles9
Shevlin22.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 639972. 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.