BlockElevenmile Corner, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56636. The Survey maps it on the Goose Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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 Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Goose Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Pokegama Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Goose Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Elevenmile Corner between 1993 and 2020, burning about 310 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 108 acres | Chippewa National Forest | GOOSE |
| 24 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | GOOSE LAKE FIRE |
| 4 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Chippewa National Forest | EAST BOY RIVER |
| 4 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | CREATIVE |
| 30 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Chippewa National Forest | GHOST FIRE |
| 18 May 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | VERMILION POINT |
| 16 May 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | GRAVE |
| 11 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Chippewa National Forest | 101 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobique | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Days High Landing | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Boy River | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Remer | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Federal Dam | 13.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bena | 16.6 miles | 9 | |
| Inguadona | 17.3 miles | 10 | |
| Brevik | 19.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 656139. 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.