Brunswick, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Brunswick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55051. The Survey maps it on the Mora South quadrangle. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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 Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Mora South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
180 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Brunswick between 1992 and 2020, burning about 393 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 44 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 | 78 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.6 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brunswick in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunswick | 1 hurt | Mobile home blown over. One person injured. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunswick | $15,000 | A storm survey indicated that a downburst caused dozens of trees to be blown down in southeastern Kanabec County. A few sheds were destroyed, and the roof of a barn collapsed. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunswick | $5,000 | A roof was partially removed from a home, south of Mora. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunswick | $2,000 | Several power lines were blown down near the intersection of County Road 14 and Ivory Street. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunswick | - | A storm chaser reported very strong winds with minor damage to trees near Brunswick. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brunswick | - | Several trees were blown down near the intersection of Mahogany Street, and Riverdale Road, southeast of Mora. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Brunswick | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Brunswick | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | Brunswick | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Brunswick | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Brunswick | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coin | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lewis Lake | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Grass Lake | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Mora | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Grasston | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ogilvie | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Quamba | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Warman | 18.6 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Brunswick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4979473 | 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 640556. 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.







