Dunbar, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Good Hope Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56630. It stands on Dunbar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dunbar Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,352 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1919 USGS Max quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Squaw Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Blackduck quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Squaw Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Dunbar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | not named |
| 23 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | DUNBAR LAKE FIRE |
| 18 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | DUNBAR |
| 18 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | DIXON LAKE FIRE |
| 11 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | NORTH SQUAW LAKE |
| 11 May 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | not named |
| 10 May 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | GUTHRIE FIRE |
| 10 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | COUNTY 149 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunbar in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | - | Two large white pine trees were uprooted. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | - | There were about 8 to 10 fallen trees, with some being uprooted or snapped. Some of the trees were 18 to 20 inches in diameter. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | - | A 15 inch diameter elm tree was broken near its base. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Dunbar | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosy | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Squaw Lake | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Alvwood | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Max | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bergville | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Oslund | 10.1 miles | 12 | |
| Dora Lake | 11.2 miles | 12 | |
| Houpt (historical) | 13.2 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 Dunbar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14692601 | 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 656064. 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.






