BlockBig Lake Chapel, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Perch Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55720. The Survey maps it on the Iverson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Iverson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Barnum quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
246 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Big Lake Chapel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 382 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 55 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 | 78 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fond Du Lac Tribe | HIGBEE RD |
| 21 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Agency | not named |
| 17 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Big Lake Chapel: 3 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Big Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Zacher 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 640101. 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.