BlockEspelie, Minnesota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Espelie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56727. The Survey maps it on the Erie NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Roseau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Erie NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Grygla quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
71 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Espelie between 1993 and 2020, burning about 14,613 acres in total. None started naturally. 47 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 | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 99 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 500 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | WHITE SMOKE |
| 30 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 115 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Espelie in 15 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Espelie | $5,000 | Several farm fields and farm access roads were flooded. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Espelie | - | Two inch hail reported northwest of Goodridge. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Espelie | - | Public reports golf ball sized hail. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Espelie | - | Public reports large tree branches down on power lines causing power outages and hail of unknown size. 7 WSW Grygla. Time estimated from radar, wind gust estimated. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Espelie | - | Hail up to half-dollar sized across southeastern Espelie Township. Time estimated based on radar. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Espelie | - | Received a public report of quarter to half-dollar sized hail. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Espelie | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail fell. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Espelie | - | The doors and end of a pole shed were blown out and trees were blown down. Debris damaged a house and a vehicle. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Espelie | - | The wind gust was measured by a RAWS mesonet sensor. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Espelie | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Espelie | - | Two trees were blown down in a farm yard. In addition, 2.25 inches of rain fell. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Espelie | - | Nickel to half dollar sized hail fell. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Espelie | - | Fallen trees led to power outages. |
| July 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Espelie | - | This tornado was briefly viewed by spotters near Goodridge. A 10 inch diameter ash tree was snapped about four feet above the ground. Several sections of tin roofing were torn off of a house and numerous large tree branches were blown down in shelterbelts and groves. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Espelie | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654696. 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.