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Embarrass, Minnesota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Embarrass Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55732. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Embarrass quadrangle.

Embarrass within St. Louis County

On record in Embarrass

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Embarrass between 1992 and 2020, burning about 473 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 11 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 burning35
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 2005Naturalunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 August 2013Naturalunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Embarrass: 3 producers, 3 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Erie I Pellet PlantIronPlant
Erie Ii Pellet PlantIronPlant
Erie Iii Pellet PlantIronPlant
Erie Pellet PlantIronProducer
Hoyt Lakes MineIronProducer1957
LTV MineIronProducer1957

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Embarrass in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022HailEmbarrass$5,000Damage to vehicles from the hail was reported as well.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindEmbarrass-A tree was down across the road.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindEmbarrass-Several trees and numerous branches were blown down in Embarrass.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindEmbarrass-There were trees down near the intersection of Highway 21/26 and Road 969.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindEmbarrass-Trees and power lines were down.
July 2006LightningEmbarrass-A barn burned down after being struck by lightning.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindEmbarrass-Trees were damaged and blown down.
May 2020HailEmbarrass-no account filed
June 2018HailEmbarrass-no account filed
September 2017HailEmbarrass-no account filed
July 2006HailEmbarrass-no account filed
April 2004HailEmbarrass-no account filed
June 1996HailEmbarrass-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Louis County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Salo Corner4.2 miles13
Hinsdale4.8 miles14
Old Mesaba6.3 miles14
Wahlsten7.0 miles13
Mesaba7.1 miles14
Colby8.2 miles14
Ridge8.9 miles14
Aurora9.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 661211. 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.

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.