BlockFour Town, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Steenerson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56727. The Survey maps it on the Four Town quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Malcolm quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Four Town quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Grygla quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Four Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,594 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 960 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Jelle | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Carmel | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Thorhult | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Gates Corner | 11.9 miles | 7 | |
| Ponemah | 28.7 miles | 8 | |
| Little Rock | 30.9 miles | 9 | |
| Red Lake | 32.6 miles | 8 |
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 Q122539724 | 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 654710. 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.