BlockGrove Lake, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Grove Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56334. The Survey maps it on the Sedan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sedan quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lake Minnewaska quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Grove Lake between 1993 and 2017, burning about 448 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Morris National Wildlife Refuge | STEARNS WPA |
| 26 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 235 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 180 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Litchfield Wetland Management District | PADUA 4 |
| 20 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Litchfield Wetland Management District | PADUA 3 |
| 20 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Litchfield Wetland Management District | PADUA 2 |
| 20 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Litchfield Wetland Management District | PADUA 1 |
| 17 April 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedan | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Westport | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Villard | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Hill Park | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Terrace | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Glenwood | 12.6 miles | 8 | |
| Long Beach | 14.1 miles | 8 | |
| Starbuck | 19.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 644503. 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.