BlockBrownell, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Thomson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55733. It stands on Gill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Esko quadrangle.
On record in Brownell
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.
- Grand Portage of the St. Louis Riverlisted 1973 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Esko quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
294 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 294 fires within 5 miles of Brownell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 270 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 27 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 | 93 |
| Debris and open burning | 86 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Brownell: 5 producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton County Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Zenith Dredge Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Koski Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Scanlon Pit and Shop | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thompson Twp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tompson Township 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 654616. 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.