Buyck, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in Portage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55771. The Survey maps it on the Buyck quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buyck quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Crane Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Buyck between 1992 and 2019, burning about 26 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2005 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buyck in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buyck | - | A few trees were knocked down along Crane Lake Road. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buyck | - | Trees were blown down and power was out for eight hours. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Buyck | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Buyck | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Buyck | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Buyck | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Buyck | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Buyck | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Buyck | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crane Lake | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Wakemup | 15.1 miles | 11 | |
| Orr | 17.0 miles | 7 | |
| Cusson | 17.0 miles | 7 | |
| Glendale | 17.4 miles | 7 | |
| Haley | 17.7 miles | 11 | |
| Gheen | 18.5 miles | 9 | |
| Gheen Corner | 19.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 660925. 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.




