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Cushing, Minnesota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cushing Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56443. The Survey maps it on the Cushing quadrangle.

Cushing within Morrison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Cushing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 910 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 burning32
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking1
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
6 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 June 2017Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 June 2017Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 June 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morrison County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cushing: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gorman MineIronPast Producer1951
Gorman MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Morrison County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cushing in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 6 hail, 3 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
May 2022Tornado (EF1)Cushing$750,000Hundreds of trees were uprooted or snapped as the tornado moved along the east side of Lake Alexander. Many trees came down on vehicles, sheds, and cabins. Maximum winds were estimated at 90 mph.
July 2019HailCushing$50,000There were numerous reports of large hail, up to baseball size, that occurred across parts of Morrison County. Hail was reported near Cushing, then east-southeast to Randall, Camp Ripley area, and north of Freedhem. The same line of storms moved southeast to near Hillman, but no additional reports of hail was observed. However, the emergency managers did have reports of trees and power lines down across central Morrison County.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCushing-Reports of trees down on Dove Rd and Bear Rd. Time estimated via radar.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCushing-Delayed report of multiple trees down with damage to roofs on southeast side of Lake Alexander.
May 2022Tornado (EF0)Cushing-This tornado broke or uprooted hundreds of trees and partially took the roof off two outbuildings in Cushing. Maximum winds were estimated at 70 mph.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCushing-A tree was blown down in Cushing.
June 1997HailCushing-Some crop damage.
July 2014HailCushing-no account filed
July 2006HailCushing-no account filed
July 2001HailCushing-no account filed
May 1996HailCushing-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morrison 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
Randall5.1 miles12
Lincoln5.9 miles12
Flensburg12.9 miles12
Camp Ripley Junction14.0 miles13
Motley14.1 miles10
Belle Prairie14.6 miles13
Maple Leaf Court15.2 miles12
Little Falls16.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 642566. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.