BlockBig Woods, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Big Woods Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56744. The Survey maps it on the Big Woods quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1918 USGS Acton quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Big Woods quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Grafton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Big Woods between 2016 and 2019, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | I 29 MM 172 |
| 5 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 201913 |
| 31 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 201908 |
| 21 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 201905 |
| 26 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | I 29 |
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Big Woods in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Flood | Big Woods | $500 | Oslo gage, on the Red River. Crested at 25.34 ft on May 30th at 11:15 AM. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Woods | - | Wind gust measured on personal weather station. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Woods | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Woods | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Big Woods | - | The hail was accompanied by very heavy rain and strong winds. Several large branches and tree limbs were broken down in a farmyard. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Big Woods | - | The tornado knocked down a few trees in a shelterbelt and tossed road construction signs in various directions but otherwise remained largely over open fields. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Big Woods | - | This tornado began in Walsh County, North Dakota, about 4 miles north-northwest of Oslo, Minnesota, at 521 PM CDT. It crossed the Red River into Minnesota about 5 miles north of Oslo. The tornado continued to track northeastward for about 4 miles. Numerous large tree limbs were knocked down and several trees were snapped in shelterbelts. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Big Woods | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Big Woods | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Big Woods | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Big Woods | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Big Woods | - | no account filed |
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 654605. 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.
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.