Dalbo, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Dalbo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55017. The Survey maps it on the Dalbo quadrangle. It stands 965 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Dalbo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Dalbo quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
80 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Dalbo between 1992 and 2019, burning about 183 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.3 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dalbo in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain. 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 2012 | Heavy Rain | Dalbo | - | A local observer measured 4.25 inches in the last 24 hours. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalbo | - | Eight to 10 inch diameter trees downed. |
| April 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Dalbo | - | The funnel cloud may have touched down, but was unable to confirm an actual touchdown. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalbo | - | A few trees down. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Dalbo | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Dalbo | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Dalbo | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Dalbo | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Dalbo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Carmody | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Brook | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Springvale | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Wyanett | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Walbo | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Elm Park | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| West Point | 7.0 miles | 12 |
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 Dalbo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5210259 | 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 642601. 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.








