Carp, Minnesota

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Swiftwater Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56623. It stands on Troy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Baudette SW quadrangle.

Carp within Lake of the Woods County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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.

1921 USGS Baudette quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Baudette SW quadrangle1:24000
1976 USGS Baudette quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

42 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Carp between 1994 and 2019, burning about 379 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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/incendiarism	22
Debris and open burning	13
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
7 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 August 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
7 May 2008	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 May 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 May 2005	Arson/incendiarism	3.6 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 May 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 May 1995	Debris and open burning	70 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
3 May 2013	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Hackett

Every fire recorded in Lake of the Woods County

Storms near this place

26 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carp in 26 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 13 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Carp	$100,000	Several roofs were heavily damaged and trees were blown down.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Carp	$4,000	A 10 to 12 foot wide path of downed trees was reported.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Carp	$500	Branches were blown down.
July 2025	Hail	Carp	-	Report of baseball size hail relayed through social media.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Carp	-	Trees and a power line down.
July 2025	Tornado (EF0)	Carp	-	Sentinel-2 satellite imagery reveals high probability of tornado damage at this location within southeastern portions of Minnesota's Beltrami Island State Forest. Damage occurred in very rural and undeveloped area, with no reports of any damage to structures received. Damage indicators unknown at this time despite obvious damage to trees via satellite imagery. Time estimated via KMVX radar. EM confirmed road was blocked by tree damage.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Carp	-	Many large branches were blown down along the Rainy River.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Carp	-	Several large branches were snapped along highway 72 near the Beltrami County line.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Carp	-	Numerous pine and poplar trees were snapped in a southwest to northeast downburst wind pattern near Carp. Minnesota DNR aerial imagery showed successive microburst damage from south-southwest of Carp, through Carp, and continuing toward Clementson.
June 2018	Funnel Cloud	Carp	-	An officer reported that a funnel came about halfway down before it dissipated.
July 2017	Hail	Carp	-	Dime to quarter sized hail fell with very heavy rain.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Carp	-	A few poplar and pine trees were blown down by the strong wind along highway 72.
July 2015	Hail	Carp	-	Dime to quarter sized hail fell.
May 2010	Hail	Carp	-	Large hail and very heavy rain fell for about 15 minutes.
August 2006	Hail	Carp	-	50 mph wind gusts were also reported, causing some minor tree damage.
May 2005	Hail	Carp	-	The large hail dented the roof of a metal shed and broke a window.
May 2005	Tornado (F0)	Carp	-	Intermittent tree damage occurred along the tornado path.
August 2005	Hail	Carp	-	The hail report was based on the continuation of the storm that produced nickel sized hail in northwest Beltrami county near Fourtown. Public reports were relayed to the National Weather Service that the storm continued into a largely uninhabited area of extreme southern Lake of the Woods county. The Mayville radar indicated the storm likely produced large hail along the southern edge of Lake of the Woods county.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Carp	-	Tree limbs were blown down.
July 2001	Flash Flood	Carp	-	Widespread flooding of roads and ditches was reported in the Carp area.
July 2016	Hail	Carp	-	no account filed
July 2008	Hail	Carp	-	no account filed
July 2008	Hail	Carp	-	no account filed
September 2007	Hail	Carp	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Carp	-	no account filed
July 1997	Hail	Carp	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lake of the Woods 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Baudette	14.5 miles	8
Pitt	15.4 miles	8
Oaks Corner	17.0 miles	7
Clementson	17.0 miles	6
Faunce	17.3 miles	8
Graceton	19.1 miles	8
Hackett	21.8 miles	7
Wheelers Point	23.1 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 640924. 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.