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Burntside, Minnesota

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Morse Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55731. It stands on Armstrong Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shagawa Lake quadrangle.

Burntside within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

101 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Burntside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 219 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 12 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony14
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Fireworks4
Other causes2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 2007Naturalunder an acreSuperior National ForestMITCHELL LAKE
20 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSuperior National ForestWOLF CREEK ROAD
12 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSuperior National ForestCLOQUET LINE
5 August 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSuperior National ForestTWO GEEZER
3 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSuperior National ForestVAN VAC
3 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSuperior National Forestnot named
25 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSuperior National ForestMAILBOX
24 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSuperior National ForestWHITE IRON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Burntside: 6 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, 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
Ely ProspectGold, Zinc, Lead, CopperUnknownGold
Leustek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chandler Mine-NorthIronPast Producer1891
Chandler Mine-SouthIronPast Producer1888
Pioneer MineIronPast ProducerHematite, Magnetite
Savoy MineIronPast Producer1899
Sibley MineIronPast Producer1899
Zenith MineIronPast Producer1892

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
Ely3.3 miles13
Burntside Lake5.6 miles10
Robinson6.5 miles12
Winton7.1 miles13
McComber7.9 miles12
Rothman9.1 miles13
Eagles Nest9.7 miles12
Babbitt12.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 660917. 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.