BlockBreda, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Fairbanks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55602. The Survey maps it on the Fairbanks quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Brimson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Brimson SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Fairbanks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Breda between 1992 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | BREDA LAKE |
| 28 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Superior National Forest | BERRY CREEK |
| 24 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.2 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | BERRY CREEK |
| 2 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | 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 Breda: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Blacktop 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 660870. 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.