BlockGreenwood Junction, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Silver Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55614. The Survey maps it on the Whyte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Whyte quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Whyte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood Junction between 1997 and 2008, burning about 42 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | STONEY RIVER GRADE |
| 21 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superior National Forest | PHANTOM LAKE FIRE |
| 27 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 41 acres | Superior National Forest | KATHERINE LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whyte | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Scott Junction | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Jordan | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Norshor Junction | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Darby Junction | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Winter | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Jay See Landing | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| McNair | 9.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 656456. 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.