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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.

Enok within Kittson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

24 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
19 August 2012Arson/incendiarism10 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 June 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2008Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 May 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 May 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kittson County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024HailEnok-Time estimated via radar.
May 2019HailEnok-Pea to nickel sized hail was reported.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindEnok-Drifts of pea size hail were also reported.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindEnok-Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted in shelterbelts across much of Springbrook Township.

Every storm recorded in Kittson 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
Lake Bronson7.6 miles10
Kennedy8.0 miles11
Halma8.4 miles10
Donaldson9.2 miles11
Chatham (historical)9.7 miles11
Deerwood11.0 miles10
Viking Land Terrace12.7 miles11
Hallock13.0 miles11

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.