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Esterdy, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 56466. The Survey maps it on the Motley NW quadrangle.

Esterdy within Wadena County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Esterdy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,768 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 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 burning24
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 September 1992Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 1996Natural1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 June 1992Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 June 2007Recreation and ceremony3.1 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2014Naturalunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Wadena County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Esterdy: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Nanik Marl PitLimestone, GeneralProducerMarl

Every working recorded in Wadena 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
Oylen7.6 miles8
Aldrich12.8 miles9
Nimrod13.7 miles8
Blue Grass15.4 miles9
Verndale15.9 miles9
Wadena21.5 miles9
Sebeka21.6 miles9
Huntersville22.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654697. 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.