BlockGreaney, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Northwest St. Louis unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 55771. The Survey maps it on the Silverdale quadrangle. It stands 1,302 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Silverdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Bigfork quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Greaney between 1992 and 2013, burning about 46 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Superior National Forest | JUNK YARD |
| 20 June 1995 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Bois Forte Tribe | OLIKALA |
| 7 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 May 2008 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greaney in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 lightning. 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 1997 | Lightning | Greaney | $100,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celina | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Meadow Brook | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Gheen Corner | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Nett Lake | 10.7 miles | 7 | |
| Linden Grove | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| Glendale | 11.0 miles | 7 | |
| Gheen | 11.3 miles | 9 | |
| Orr | 11.7 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 Greaney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5598550 | 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 661391. 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.