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Cormorant, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cormorant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56572. The Survey maps it on the Cormorant quadrangle.

Cormorant within Becker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Cormorant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 442 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
15 September 2005Smokingunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 June 2006Equipment and vehicle use67 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 June 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 1992Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Becker County

Storms near this place

29 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cormorant in 29 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 15 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2020Tornado (EF1)Cormorant$20,000A rope tornado meandered southward for about 1.5 miles, tracking through a wind farm area with a mix of pastureland and gravel quarries. At an abandoned farmstead, it tore more of the roof off a barn and roofing panels off other farm buildings. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCormorant$500Several large branches were blown down.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCormorant$100Several branches were blown down.
August 2022HailCormorant-Quarter-sized hail reported by the public along the eastern shore of Big Cormorant Lake.
July 2022HailCormorant-Dime to quarter sized hail was reported near big cormorant lake. Time estimated based on radar.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCormorant-Report of wind damage to the roof of the marina; roofing was blown off.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCormorant-An apple tree was blown down on the south side of Big Cormorant Lake. After the storm had passed, 1.58 inches of rain was also measured.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindCormorant-Numerous large branches were blown down between Cormorant Lake and Lake Maude. Shingles were torn off a roof and a boat launch was flipped.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCormorant-Trees were blown down on the northwest side of Big Cormorant Lake and several boats were overturned. The roof on one shed was blown off.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindCormorant-Many large tree branches and power lines were blown down around Cormorant Lake, resulting in localized power outages.
July 2016HailCormorant-Strong winds were also reported.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCormorant-Large trees were blown down near Cormorant Lake.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCormorant-Several large trees were either snapped or uprooted along the north shore of Lake Ida. The trees varied in size from one to 2.5 feet in diameter.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCormorant-Numerous 8 to 10 inch diameter tree branches were blown down.
July 2004Tornado (F0)Cormorant-A brief tornado track was found.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindCormorant-Trees and power lines were blown down at Lake Eunice. A silage wagon was also blown into some trees.
July 2018HailCormorant-no account filed
June 2013HailCormorant-no account filed
June 2013HailCormorant-no account filed
August 2013HailCormorant-no account filed
July 2008HailCormorant-no account filed
July 2004HailCormorant-no account filed
July 2004HailCormorant-no account filed
July 2004HailCormorant-no account filed
September 2003HailCormorant-no account filed
September 2003HailCormorant-no account filed
June 2001HailCormorant-no account filed
June 2001HailCormorant-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCormorant-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Becker 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
Lake Eunice5.2 miles16
Bucks Mill8.0 miles16
Shoreham9.0 miles11
Audubon10.2 miles11
LaBelle10.5 miles7
Lake Park10.9 miles7
Richards10.9 miles11
Detroit Lakes13.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 641502. 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.