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Genoa, Minnesota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Eveleth City. It lies in ZIP code area 55734. The Survey maps it on the Eveleth quadrangle.

Genoa within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

266 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Genoa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 634 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 93 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/incendiarism93
Debris and open burning47
Railroad operations and maintenance37
Equipment and vehicle use35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony16
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural5
Smoking3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2006Railroad operations and maintenance71 acresMinnesota Department of Natural ResourcesJUNCTION 101 FIRE
26 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenance1.1 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 128 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 128 workings within 5 miles of Genoa: 104 past producers, 17 producers, 5 prospects, 1 occurrence. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cloquet Annex Reserve X-62Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1943
Jl-47 Reserve Jl-47Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, FreeProspect
Security MineIron, Manganese, Silica, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1961
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 17wIron, Water, FreeProspectSurface
Rouchleau GroupIron, Water, FreePast Producer1943
Gulbranson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulbranson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Aad MineIronPast Producer1904
Alberta MineIronPast Producer1907

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Eveleth1.7 miles12
Sparta1.7 miles11
Midway2.0 miles12
Snowden2.3 miles12
Gilbert2.9 miles11
Rainy Junction3.0 miles12
Leonidas3.3 miles12
Largo3.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 661347. 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.