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Canisteo, Minnesota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Arbo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55709. The Survey maps it on the Bovey quadrangle.

Canisteo within Itasca County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Canisteo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 243 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 48 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
Arson/incendiarism48
Debris and open burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2003Smokingunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 May 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2016Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Itasca County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Canisteo: 38 past producers, 21 producers, 11 prospects, 2 occurrences. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Water, Free, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free. 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
Buckeye MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, SilicaPast Producer1943
Fargo Reserve H-5Iron, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, SilicaProspect
Holman-Cliffs MineIron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, AluminumPast Producer1907
Bovey-Delaittre Reserve H-27Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreeProspect
Casper PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Homestead 0-68 ReserveAluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreeProspect
Itasca County Marl Beds No 1Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Itasca County Marl Beds No 2Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Lind-Greenway MineIron, Water, FreePast Producer1890, 1940
Plummer GroupIron, Water, FreePast Producer1954

Every working recorded in Itasca 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
Coleraine1.4 miles12
Bovey1.9 miles12
Taconite4.2 miles12
La Prairie4.5 miles9
Holman4.6 miles10
Gunn5.1 miles9
Grand Rapids5.3 miles11
North Star Moblie Home Park6.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 655621. 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.