Four Corners, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Canosia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55811. The Survey maps it on the Adolph quadrangle. It stands 1,460 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Adolph quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
201 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Four Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 | 77 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Four Corners: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amborn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| La France Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Maple Grove Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Munger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schubitzke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Four Corners in 9 storm reports between 2015 and 2026: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Four Corners | - | A large tree was reported down falling across an upper balcony porch of a house along Pike Lake. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Four Corners | - | An 8 inch diameter tree was blown down near the intersection of US Highway 53 and MN Highway 194. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Four Corners | - | A microburst snapped and uprooted multiple large spruce trees. Some of the trees fell onto a home and damaged the roof. A damage survey found a concentrated area of damage about 50 yards wide by 100 yards long with winds estimated in the 80 to 90 mph range. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Four Corners | - | There were numerous trees down along Minnesota Highway 194 just west of Highway 53. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Four Corners | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Four Corners | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Four Corners | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Four Corners | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Four Corners | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Corners | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Twig Station | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Hermantown | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Simar | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Munger | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Adolph | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Bartlett | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Twig | 5.3 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Four Corners | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5475080 | 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 661309. 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.
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.



