BlockColumbus, Minnesota
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Columbus City. It lies in ZIP code area 55025. The Survey maps it on the Linwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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 Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Isanti quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Linwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
78 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Columbus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,764 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 62 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 May 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Columbus in 7 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Columbus | - | The tornado touched down in the southern part of Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area, not quite one mile east-southeast of the intersection of Lexington Ave and Constance Blvd. It downed hundreds of trees, some falling on homes, sheds and vehicles. The tornado destroyed the attached garage of one home, shingles were partially removed from two houses, and a large garage had one of its doors dented in, thereby allowing wind inside the structure, resulting in the bowing out of an opposing wall. The tornado exited Anoka County just to the northeast of the junction of Interstates 35E and 35W in Columbus. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Columbus | - | Several reports of large hail occurred north of Columbus, southwest to the east of Ham Lake. The largest hail stone was ping pong size. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | A large tree and a power line were blown down around the town of Columbus. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Columbus | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Columbus | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Columbus | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Columbus | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coon Lake Beach | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Centerville | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Linwood | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lino Lakes | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Lake Netta | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Martin Lake | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| East Bethel | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Circle Pines | 9.7 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2096439. 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.