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Britt, Minnesota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sandy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55710. It stands on Britt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Britt quadrangle.

Britt within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Britt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Arson/incendiarism9
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Other causes3
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSuperior National ForestTIMBERLINE
4 September 2006Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSuperior National ForestBIG RICE
1 September 2007Other causesunder an acreSuperior National ForestCOMFORT PT. RD FIRE
12 August 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSuperior National ForestOLD SAND LAKE FIRE
11 August 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreSuperior National ForestBIG ASPEN
5 July 2008Fireworksunder an acreSuperior National ForestWILLOW RD FIRE
4 July 2001Smokingunder an acreSuperior National ForestHIGHWAY 53
25 July 2004Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSuperior National ForestTRILLIUM RD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Britt: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
East Range Gravel Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

2 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Britt in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2017: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2017HailBritt-no account filed
August 2003HailBritt-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Louis County

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Brittmount4.3 miles16
Forsman5.5 miles12
Franklin7.1 miles16
Parkville8.1 miles16
Virginia8.1 miles16
West Virginia8.9 miles16
Mountain Iron9.1 miles16
Idington9.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 660881. 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.

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.