Enok, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jupiter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56733. The Survey maps it on the Enok quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1939 USGS Kennedy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Kennedy quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Enok quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hallock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Enok between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,929 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 June 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enok in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Hail | Enok | - | Time estimated via radar. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Enok | - | Pea to nickel sized hail was reported. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enok | - | Drifts of pea size hail were also reported. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enok | - | Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted in shelterbelts across much of Springbrook Township. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Bronson | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Kennedy | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Halma | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Donaldson | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Chatham (historical) | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Deerwood | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| Viking Land Terrace | 12.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hallock | 13.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654694. 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.







