Frogner, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Wrenshall Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55797. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Frogner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Frogner quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Frogner between 1992 and 2018, burning about 707 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Frogner: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemadji River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frogner in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2018: 4 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Frogner | - | Minnesota State Highway 23 was washed out at the Nemadji River Crossing at mile marker 322. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Frogner | - | Floodwaters washed out parts of Sheetz Road, and water was flowing into the windows and garage of a residence on the road. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Frogner | - | A mudslide containing debris and trees partially blocked Highway 23 near the Nemadji River. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Frogner | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Wrenshall | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Alford | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Scotts Corner | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Holyoke | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Blackhoof | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Brownell | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Thomson | 9.0 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 Q122561804 | 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 654715. 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.



