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Grant, Minnesota

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Great Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55713. The Survey maps it on the Buhl quadrangle.

Grant within St. Louis County

On record in Grant

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

217 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Grant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 718 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 123 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/incendiarism123
Debris and open burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking3
Natural1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
12 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 2006Missing 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 184 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 184 workings within 5 miles of Grant: 145 past producers, 25 producers, 13 prospects, 1 unknown. 25 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Aluminum, 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
Billings MineIron, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1919
Bruce MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1927
Dunwoody MineIron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, SilicaPast Producer1917
Fraser MineIron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum, ManganesePast Producer1928
Godfrey MineIron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1909
Hibtac Pit & MillGraniteProducer
Midway No.2 MineIron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, FreePast Producer
NilesAluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreeProducer1913, 1942
South Tener MineIron, Silica, Water, Free, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, AluminumPast Producer1928
Whitney PitIron, Water, FreePast Producer1974

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
Buhl1.0 miles13
Saint Clair Junction3.0 miles13
Lucknow3.3 miles14
Scott3.3 miles13
Kinney3.8 miles14
Wilpen4.0 miles13
Sherwood4.1 miles14
Chisholm4.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 661380. 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.