BlockBrevik, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Boy Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56655. The Survey maps it on the Whipholt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Whipholt quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Cass Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Whipholt quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Brevik between 1992 and 2020, burning about 153 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | GOLF |
| 27 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | WHIPHOLT |
| 31 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | TOWN LINE |
| 31 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | TIRE |
| 22 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | HWY 200 |
| 20 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | 838 |
| 8 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | BREVIK |
| 7 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | MARSHALL LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brevik in 10 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brevik | - | A dozen large trees down on Highway 200 blocking at least one lane. One tree was down on Highway 8 just north of Highway 200. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brevik | - | Widespread tree damage was reported with large white pine branches being tossed. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brevik | - | Several trees were snapped with one large pine at least several feet in diameter snapped near the ground. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brevik | - | A photo was received of an estimated 10 to 12 inch diameter pine tree down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brevik | - | A willow tree with an estimated diameter of three feet was split and broken. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brevik | - | A personal weather station recorded a wind gust of 64 mph before being knocked offline. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brevik | - | Multiple trees were knocked down on County Road 8 in Boy Lake Township. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Brevik | - | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Hail | Brevik | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Brevik | - | 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 655512. 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.