BlockDeer Lane, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Lake Emma Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56470. The Survey maps it on the Mantrap Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Mantrap Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Cass Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Deer Lane between 1992 and 2019, burning about 247 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2013 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1992 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmaville | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Dorset | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Park Estates | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Nevis | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Park Rapids | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Arago | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Lake George | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| Yola | 13.4 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122592708 | 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 642729. 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.