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Haley, Minnesota

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Field Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55723. The Survey maps it on the Haley quadrangle.

Haley within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Haley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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
2 September 2007Natural2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2005Naturalunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 August 2018Other causesunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2016Debris and open burningunder 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Haley: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Granite. 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
Hibbing Green QuarryGraniteProducer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

8 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haley in 8 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Flash FloodHaley$50,000Olson Road just south of the Vermilion Fairways golf course was under water and washed out. The golf course itself was also under water.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHaley-A tree was downed onto a power line.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHaley-A photo was received showing a tree down along with a few larger branches about 4 inches in diameter down as well.
June 2018HailHaley-A restaurant at the far west end of Lake Vermilion reported mostly dime-sized hail with a few larger stones to the size of quarters.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHaley-Several pine trees were ripped up at the roots and toppled near Elbow Lake.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindHaley-The thunderstorm winds toppled multiple large trees and took out power at a church camp on the western shore of Lake Vermilion.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindHaley-There were numerous trees blown down along Raps Road, including two that were 30 feet tall. Several large branches were broken in the remaining trees.
September 2025HailHaley-no account filed

Every storm 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
Wakemup4.6 miles11
Gheen5.2 miles9
Cook5.3 miles9
Gheen Corner5.9 miles9
Linden Grove8.3 miles10
Leander9.2 miles9
Glendale9.3 miles7
Orr10.5 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 661410. 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.

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.