BlockChamberlain, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1996. It stands in White Oak Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56433. The Survey maps it on the Crystal Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Crystal Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Pine River quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Crystal Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Chamberlain between 1992 and 2019, burning about 392 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chamberlain in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chamberlain | $100,000 | Many trees were damaged and tin roof panels were peeled off of a shed. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chamberlain | - | Received a public report of several trees blown down. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chamberlain | - | A few trees were blown down across southeast White Oak Township. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Chamberlain | - | Quarter to half dollar sized hail fell with heavy rain. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chamberlain | - | Small trees were blown down along with large tree branches. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Chamberlain | - | 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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Chamberlain | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q111936688 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 655694. 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.