BlockFairbanks, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Fairbanks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55602. The Survey maps it on the Fairbanks quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Brimson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Brimson SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Fairbanks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Fairbanks between 1992 and 2016, burning about 80 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | BREDA LAKE |
| 1 July 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Superior National Forest | WHITEWATER |
| 6 May 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Superior National Forest | RENO CREEK 3 |
| 6 May 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Superior National Forest | RENO CREEK 2 |
| 3 May 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Superior National Forest | BREDA CREEK |
| 3 May 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Superior National Forest | PETRAL CREEK |
| 23 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Superior National Forest | not named |
| 2 May 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Superior National Forest | BREDA ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 661243. 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.