BlockGrass Lake, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Grass Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55006. The Survey maps it on the Grasston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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
- 1961 USGS Brook Park quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Grasston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
148 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Grass Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,372 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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 | 64 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.6 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Grass Lake: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 654733. 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.