BlockBurwell, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fairfax Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56716. The Survey maps it on the Greenview quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1919 USGS Beltrami quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greenview quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Crookston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Burwell between 2006 and 2013, burning about 871 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | OLD LIGHTNING |
| 13 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 240 acres | Glacial Ridge | KERTSONVILLE FIRE |
| 8 April 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 570 acres | Glacial Ridge | HAM |
| 10 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Glacial Ridge | GLACIAL RIDGE 1 |
| 2 October 2012 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Burwell: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Bruce Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burwell in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Burwell | - | Polk county law enforcement reported a tornado. Two videos online showed a dusty circulation with no funnel cloud moving across a 260th St SW. No damage reported or seen via satellite. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burwell | - | Tree damage was noted in shelterbelts. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Burwell | - | Dime to nickel sized hail was reported. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Burwell | - | The hail was mostly pea to dime size. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burwell | - | Large branches were blown down by the strong wind in a farm yard. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Burwell | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Burwell | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Burwell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harold | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Riverview Terrace | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Gentilly | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Forest Knolls Estates | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Crookston | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Anglim | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Carman Terrace | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Crookston Junction | 6.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654621. 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.
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.