BlockGlendorado, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Glendorado Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55371. The Survey maps it on the Santiago quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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 Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Santiago quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
171 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Glendorado between 1992 and 2020, burning about 959 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 54 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 | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | MNSBR-FY19-WF-STORLEY |
| 30 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | NO FOX PL |
| 23 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | FOX |
| 22 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | NO 7 |
| 9 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | NO 2 |
| 8 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | SANTIAGO |
| 3 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | NO FOX 04 |
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glendorado in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2011: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendorado | - | Several large trees were blown down near Glendorado. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendorado | - | Tree down over road. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Glendorado | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Glendorado | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Glendorado | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Glendorado | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 644180. 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.