Brittmount, Minnesota
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Mountain Iron City. It lies in ZIP code area 55710. The Survey maps it on the Virginia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1951 USGS Virginia quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Vermillion Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
105 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Brittmount between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Superior National Forest | TIMBERLINE |
| 1 September 2007 | Other causes | under an acre | Superior National Forest | COMFORT PT. RD FIRE |
| 27 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Superior National Forest | OLD SAND LAKE FIRE |
| 11 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Superior National Forest | BIG ASPEN |
| 6 July 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Superior National Forest | HIGHWAY 53 |
| 25 July 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Superior National Forest | TRILLIUM RD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 68 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 68 workings within 5 miles of Brittmount: 48 past producers, 14 producers, 5 plants, 1 prospect. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Water, Free, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn & Great Western Mines | Iron, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | 1894 | |
| Brunt Mine | Iron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| Minorca Site Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Connie Mine | Iron, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1978 | |
| East Range Gravel Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| El Jay #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 18w | Iron, Water, Free | Prospect | Surface | |
| Allan Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1913 | |
| Allan Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Alpena Mine East | Iron | Past 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Britt | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Parkville | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Mountain Iron | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Franklin | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Virginia | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| West Virginia | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Hopper | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Rainy Junction | 7.0 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122549568 | 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 660882. 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.





