Forest Center, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Stony River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55731. The Survey maps it on the Isabella Lake quadrangle.
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 Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Isabella Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Ely quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Forest Center between 1997 and 2006, burning about 9 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | SMALL LAKE |
| 7 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | POMPOUS LAKE |
| 5 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | TOMAHAWK FIRE |
| 10 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | PERENT RIVER |
| 25 July 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | WILSON LAKE FIRE |
| 20 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | TOMAHAWK |
| 19 July 1998 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Superior National Forest | FALLEN ARCH WFU |
| 18 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | ISABELLA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forest Center in 10 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths and 4 injuries. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Center | 2 killed, 2 hurt | Severe thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees near the Prairie Portage area of Basswood Lake right on and near the Canadian border. Trees were blown down near the campsite of 9 campers who were affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America. One woman (age 39) and one boy (age 13) were killed when trees fell on their tent. Two other campers were injured with non-life-threatening injuries. The campers were technically in Canada, but added this to the event record for historical purposes since the campers were so close to the US border. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Center | 1 hurt | A camper was injured from a tree falling on the campsite. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Center | 1 hurt | A camper was injured from a tree falling on the campsite. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Center | - | A photo was received showing a large tree snapped and multiple other trees down around a campsite. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Center | - | Numerous trees were reported down on Boga Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Center | - | The wind was measured by a personal weather station on Moose Lake Road. |
| July 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Forest Center | - | Environment Canada conducted a survey of the long-tracked tornado, which began and mostly occurred in Ontario before crossing into Minnesota, and rated the damage on their end as EF-2, and as EF-1 on the short distance in Minnesota before it dissipated. Satellite imagery is available to show the clear path of the tornado. The total path length was about 8.5 miles, only 0.9 miles of which occurred in Minnesota. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Center | - | There was at least one large tree blown down at the Kawishiwi Lodge on Lake One. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Forest Center | - | Mostly small hail fell on Moose lake, but there was a few minutes of quarter size hail. lightning was nearly constant. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Center | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Landing | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Wheeler Landing | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Sawbill Landing | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Kelly Landing | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Isabella | 12.5 miles | 12 | |
| Manitou Junction | 15.8 miles | 12 | |
| Baptism Crossing | 18.4 miles | 12 | |
| Prairie Portage | 19.0 miles | 9 |
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 Q122560002 | 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 656294. 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.





