Cutler, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hazelton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56431. The Survey maps it on the Garrison quadrangle. It stands 1,273 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1912 USGS Deerwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1914 USGS Deerwood quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mille Lacs Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Cutler between 1992 and 2020, burning about 243 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2007 | 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
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cutler in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler | - | Two pontoon boats were overturned and a boat lift was mangled. Furniture was blown off a porch. Additionally, a tree was snapped and a large branch was down as well. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler | - | Multiple trees around 20 inches in diameter were snapped and down across a road. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler | - | A tree was blown down and blocking Highway 18 near the junction with Highway 169. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Cutler | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Cutler | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Cutler | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Cutler | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nichols | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bennettville | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Wealthwood | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Glory | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Aitkin | 12.3 miles | 10 | |
| Malmo | 12.7 miles | 10 | |
| Glen | 13.5 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Knoll | 15.1 miles | 10 |
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 Cutler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22033922 | 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 1989117. 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.





