BlockForest Knolls Estates, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Crookston City. It lies in ZIP code area 56716. The Survey maps it on the Crookston 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.
- 1952 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Crookston quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Grand Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Crookston quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Crookston 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 Forest Knolls Estates between 2006 and 2012, burning about 22 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District | OLD LIGHTNING |
| 10 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Glacial Ridge | GLACIAL RIDGE 1 |
| 17 March 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anglim | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Noyes Junction | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Crookston | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Riverview Terrace | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Carman Terrace | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Crookston Junction | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Wilds | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Burwell | 4.9 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 Q122556723 | 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 2081705. 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.