BlockFlaming, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sundal Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56540. The Survey maps it on the Flaming quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1918 USGS Twin Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Flaming quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Flaming between 2006 and 2015, burning about 324 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Glacial Ridge | GLACIAL RIDGE 2 |
| 11 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 299 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 October 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | GREEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flaming in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flaming | $2,000 | Several pine and poplar trees were either snapped off near the ground or had large four to six inch diameter branches broken off. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Flaming | $500 | Four to eight inches of rain fell in about two hours across eastern Spring Creek and Sundal townships, resulting in flooded fields and farm access roads. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Flaming | - | Broadcast Media relays report of golf ball sized hail east of Lockhart. Hail damage to the house, and 2 windows blown out. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Flaming | - | Ping-pong to golf ball sized hail outside of Gary Minnesota. Photo relayed via social media. |
| August 2016 | Tornado (EF2) | Flaming | - | This multi-vortex tornado was observed from several locations near the Polk/Norman county line, before it became rain-wrapped. It tracked to the southeast in a jagged and intermittent fashion, with peak winds estimated at 115 mph. Hundreds of trees were uprooted, snapped, or damaged along the track. A barn was destroyed and power poles snapped at one locale, while house roofs and exterior walls were damaged at two others. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flaming | - | A few three to five inch diameter tree branches were broken down. Pea to penny sized hail also fell. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Flaming | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Flaming | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Flaming | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Flaming | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Flaming | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Flaming | - | 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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122567813 | 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 654706. 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.