BlockBirchdale, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Northwest Koochiching unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 56629. The Survey maps it on the Birchdale quadrangle. It stands 1,165 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1919 USGS Birchdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Birchdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Baudette quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Birchdale between 1994 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 1998 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 May 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Birchdale in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birchdale | - | The gust was recorded by the MnDOT Road Weather Station MN026 at Birchdale MN-11 Mile Post 157. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birchdale | - | Trees were blown down across County Road 86. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birchdale | - | Numerous trees were reported blown down along State Highway 11 between Birchdale and Pelland. The wind speed is estimated. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Birchdale | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Birchdale | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Birchdale | - | 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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Birchdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2904397 | 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 640183. 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.