BlockDakomin, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Windsor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56211. The Survey maps it on the Beardsley NW quadrangle. It stands 981 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1916 USGS Beardsley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS Beardsley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milbank quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Beardsley NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Beardsley NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Dakomin between 2001 and 2004, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Sisseton Agency | LAKETRAVER |
| 5 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Sisseton Agency | LAKE T |
| 2 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Sisseton Agency | NORWOOD |
| 16 November 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Sisseton Agency | LAKTRAVBAL |
| 24 October 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Sisseton Agency | CHERRY |
| 20 October 2003 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Sisseton Agency | REZ BRIDGE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheaton | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Browns Valley | 12.4 miles | 13 | |
| Dumont | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Collis | 14.1 miles | 8 | |
| Boisberg | 14.7 miles | 13 | |
| Charlesville | 26.4 miles | 9 | |
| Tintah | 27.0 miles | 8 |
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 Dakomin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28131869 | 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 654663. 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.