Freedhem, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Belle Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56345. The Survey maps it on the Freedhem quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1948 USGS Lastrup quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Lastrup quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Freedhem quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Freedhem between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,336 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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 | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 August 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge | BAILER |
| 28 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 June 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 28 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freedhem in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 3 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Hail | Freedhem | - | There was a social media picture of the 2 diameter hail. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freedhem | - | Half of the roof of a barn was ripped off on Jewell Road in Belle Prairie Township, Section 14. A 2x4 from the roof was found lodged in a nearby shed. The time was estimated. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freedhem | - | Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Freedhem | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Freedhem | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Ripley Junction | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Belle Prairie | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Platte | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pierz | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Lastrup | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Genola | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Harding | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| Little Falls | 9.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 643920. 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.







