BlockEdwards, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Friberg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56534. The Survey maps it on the Heilberger Lake quadrangle.
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.
- 1915 USGS Underwood quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Heilberger Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Battle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
22 words on this townshipOtter Tail County, Minnesota, in the World War;, published 1919 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Friberg Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Friberg Township - 22 words.
Fires near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Edwards between 2005 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erhard | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Elizabeth | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Maine | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pelican Rapids | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Phelps | 10.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lakeview Estates | 10.8 miles | 11 | |
| Wall Lake | 11.0 miles | 12 | |
| Carlisle | 12.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654686. 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.