Gheen, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Gheen unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 55771. The Survey maps it on the Gheen quadrangle.
On record in Gheen
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
LeMoine Buildinglisted 1989 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Gheen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Vermillion Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Gheen between 1993 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 5 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 | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | LABOR DAY FIRE |
| 12 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Natural | 2.6 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Superior National Forest | HIGHWAY 68 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gheen in 13 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gheen | $1,000 | A healthy 3-foot diameter tree was blown down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gheen | - | An 80 foot spruce tree was uprooted. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gheen | - | A six inch diameter tree was blown down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gheen | - | Several trees were blown down across Jansen Road, just north of Gheen. Power was out for about 12 hours. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gheen | - | A two-foot diameter pine tree was blown down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gheen | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| October 2022 | Hail | Gheen | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Gheen | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Gheen | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Gheen | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Gheen | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gheen | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gheen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gheen Corner | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Glendale | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Haley | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Orr | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Linden Grove | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Wakemup | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cusson | 9.4 miles | 7 | |
| Cook | 10.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 661354. 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.





