BlockForsman, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sand Lake unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 55703. It stands on Forsman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Britt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1951 USGS Britt quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Vermillion Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Forsman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Superior National Forest | FINN HOMESTEAD |
| 7 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Superior National Forest | TIMBERLINE |
| 15 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | 248 A |
| 1 September 2007 | Other causes | under an acre | Superior National Forest | COMFORT PT. RD FIRE |
| 17 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Superior National Forest | not named |
| 11 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Superior National Forest | BIG ASPEN |
| 11 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Superior National Forest | PFEIFFER LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Forsman: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aad Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| East Range Gravel Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Virginia Ready Mix Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idington | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Britt | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Angora | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Shermans Corner | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Leander | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Brittmount | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cook | 11.6 miles | 9 | |
| Franklin | 12.2 miles | 16 |
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 Q122561499 | 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 661305. 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.