BlockGates Corner, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Northwest Koochiching unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 56627. The Survey maps it on the Ridge NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1919 USGS Lundgren quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Ridge NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Upper Red Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Gates Corner in 2002, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 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 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sturgeon River Landing | 11.5 miles | 7 | |
| Ben Linn Landing | 11.7 miles | 7 | |
| Margie | 12.1 miles | 7 | |
| Big Falls | 15.8 miles | 7 | |
| Hendrickson Landing | 16.0 miles | 7 | |
| Grand Falls | 16.5 miles | 7 | |
| Gemmell | 17.0 miles | 9 | |
| Fairland | 17.4 miles | 7 |
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 Gates Corner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q85762816 | 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 654719. 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.