Debs, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Roosevelt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56676. The Survey maps it on the Debs quadrangle.
On record in Debs
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
District No. 132 Schoollisted 1988 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1919 USGS Solway quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Solway quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Debs quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fosston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Debs between 1992 and 2016, burning about 170 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | TEDDY ROAD |
| 4 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Debs: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beltrami County Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
13 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Debs in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 8 hail, 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Flood | Debs | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Flood | Debs | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Debs | - | Received a report of large tree branches blown down. Power outage was reported near Clearwater Lake. Time estimated based on radar. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Debs | - | Dime to half dollar sized hail covered the road between Clearwater Lake and Debs. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Debs | - | Several three to five inch diameter tree branches were broken down near Sandy Lake. |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Debs | - | A tornado briefly touched down on Clearwater Lake. Several trees were blown down or snapped off. Minor damage occurred to boats, docks, and a fish house. A pontoon was seen lifted 100 feet in the air and dropped upside down. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Debs | - | The hail fell in the Haggerty and Pickeral Lakes area. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Debs | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Debs | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Debs | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Debs | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Debs | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Debs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aure | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Island Lake | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Pinewood | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Little Rock | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Red Lake | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Puposky | 12.3 miles | 9 | |
| Werner | 13.5 miles | 10 | |
| Solway | 14.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 642693. 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.






