Graceton, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1976. It stands in McDougald Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56686. The Survey maps it on the Graceton quadrangle. It stands 1,135 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Peppermint Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Peppermint Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Roseau quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Graceton quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Baudette quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Graceton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,761 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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/incendiarism | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.7 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2018 | Other causes | 1.4 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Graceton in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Graceton | $150,000 | County road 66 was washed out. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Graceton | $100,000 | A brief touchdown was reported. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Graceton | - | The ground was white with hail. The depth was at least an inch deep. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Graceton | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Graceton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitt | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Williams | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hackett | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Wheelers Point | 9.9 miles | 7 | |
| Faunce | 11.9 miles | 8 | |
| Baudette | 12.7 miles | 8 | |
| Birch Beach | 15.4 miles | 7 | |
| Long Point | 17.6 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 Graceton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5591476 | 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 644307. 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.






