BlockCotton, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Cotton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55724. It stands on Paleface River. The Survey maps it on the Cotton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Cotton quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Cotton between 1992 and 2018, burning about 241 acres in total. None 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 | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cotton in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cotton | - | Large tree was down across Comstock Road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cotton | - | Several trees about 10 inches in diameter were downed. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cotton | - | Two trees were downed onto power lines. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cotton | - | Trees up to 8 inches in diameter were blown down. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Cotton | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Cotton | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Cotton | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Cotton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Cotton | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cotton | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 661050. 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.