Ericsburg, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Rainy Lake unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 56649. The Survey maps it on the Ericsburg quadrangle. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 International Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Ericsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Littlefork quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Ericsburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Ericsburg between 1992 and 2019, burning about 155 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 106 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ericsburg in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2011: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ericsburg | - | Some tree limbs were blown down and one tree was blown down over Highway 217. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Ericsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Ericsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Ericsburg | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Ericsburg | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nakoda | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| South International Falls | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Falls Junction | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Jameson | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Ray | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Ranier | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| International Falls | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Spring Lodge Resort and Marina | 9.9 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Ericsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14692612 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 656165. 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.





