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Brooklyn, Minnesota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Hibbing City. It lies in ZIP code area 55746. The Survey maps it on the Hibbing quadrangle.

Brooklyn within St. Louis County

On record in Brooklyn

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

528 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 528 fires within 5 miles of Brooklyn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,303 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 360 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
Arson/incendiarism360
Debris and open burning62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Equipment and vehicle use31
Smoking13
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Fireworks2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 219 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 219 workings within 5 miles of Brooklyn: 179 past producers, 20 producers, 18 prospects, 2 plants. 22 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Albany MineIron, Water, Free, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, AluminumPast Producer1903
Bruce MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1927
Dunwoody MineIron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, SilicaPast Producer1917
Hibbing Taconite MineIron, SilicaProducer1976
Hibtac Pit & MillGraniteProducer
Niagra No.1 Reserve St-11Iron, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Aluminum, ManganeseProspect
NilesAluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreeProducer1913, 1942
South Tener MineIron, Silica, Water, Free, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, AluminumPast Producer1928
Carson Lake Reserve H-58Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, AluminumPast Producer1919
North Eddy MineIron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, AluminumPast Producer1902

Every working 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
Ruby Junction0.3 miles14
Redore1.2 miles14
Hibbing1.2 miles14
Mitchell1.4 miles14
Kitzville1.5 miles14
Scranton1.8 miles14
Lavinia2.6 miles14
Mahoning2.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 660883. 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.