BlockGowan, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Floodwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55736. It stands on McCarty River. The Survey maps it on the Gowan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Gowan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Gowan between 1992 and 2018, burning about 79 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 June 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gowan in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gowan | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down many trees. Three trees damaged a house as they fell. The winds also severely damaged several farm structures and blew around some building materials and a grain trailer. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gowan | - | A spruce tree six to 12 inches in diameter was damaged along Graff Road. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gowan | - | Twelve trees 6 to twelve inches in diameter were down on the east side of Rasmussen Road south of Prairie River. Most trees fell to the northeast. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gowan | - | An 18 inch diameter spruce tree was blown down. A tree top was down on Moen Road as well. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gowan | - | Two trees downed and were completely blocking State Highway 73. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gowan | - | A few trees were knocked down onto nearby power lines. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Gowan | - | 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 661373. 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.