BlockEllis, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Byron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56479. The Survey maps it on the Leader 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.
- 1919 USGS Leader quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Leader quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Pine River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Ellis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 755 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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 | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 Ellis: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanik Marl Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | Marl |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leader | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Poplar | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Graff | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Casino | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Bridgeman | 10.9 miles | 10 | |
| Pillager | 17.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lake Shore | 17.9 miles | 15 | |
| East Gull Lake | 19.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654689. 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.