Cable, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Haven Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56304. The Survey maps it on the Cable quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1950 USGS St. Cloud quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Cable quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS St. Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Cable between 1992 and 2018, burning about 387 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 33 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cable: 5 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bussee Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Granite City S and G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Granite City Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hardrives Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cable in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2012: 5 hail, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cable | - | The St. Cloud airport had a measured wind gust of 64 knots. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cable | - | A measured wind gust at the St. Cloud airport. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cable | - | A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team determined that downburst winds caused about two dozen trees to topple in the southeast part of St. Cloud. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Cable | - | Hail occurred one mile east of St. Cloud. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Cable | - | Reported at the St. Cloud airport. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Cable | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cable | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cable | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Cable | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Cable | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Lake | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Briggs Lake | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Becker | 13.3 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Ridge Court | 13.4 miles | 14 | |
| Santiago | 13.6 miles | 10 | |
| Salida | 17.2 miles | 16 | |
| Orrock | 18.5 miles | 14 | |
| Big Lake | 21.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654625. 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.





