BlockBig Bear Landing, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in La Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56621. It stands on Auganaush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Zerkel quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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
- 1969 USGS Zerkel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Lake Itasca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
349 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 349 fires within 5 miles of Big Bear Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,360 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 226 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 | 226 |
| Debris and open burning | 78 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Minnesota Agency | RICE LAKE |
| 27 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2008 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Big Bear Landing: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathison Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bush Landing | 0.4 miles | 10 | |
| Ponsford Landing | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Bonga Landing | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Jack Pine | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Roy Lake | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Rice Lake | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Zerkel | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Minerva | 5.5 miles | 10 |
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 Q122550486 | 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 654603. 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.