BlockHappy Wanderer, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Stony River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55607. It stands on Kelly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Slate Lake West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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 Greenwood Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 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
- 1981 USGS Slate Lake West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Ely quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Happy Wanderer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | GYPSY LAKE |
| 7 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | JACKPOT FIRE |
| 7 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | JACKPOT |
| 25 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Superior National Forest | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Superior National Forest | STONY RIVER |
| 16 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | HARRIS FIRE |
| 14 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | DENLEY #2 |
| 12 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Superior National Forest | SUN LAKE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Rapids | 15.0 miles | 13 | |
| Jay See Landing | 15.2 miles | 12 | |
| White Iron | 15.2 miles | 13 | |
| Winter | 15.6 miles | 12 | |
| Section Thirty | 15.8 miles | 13 | |
| Whyte | 18.0 miles | 11 | |
| Greenwood Junction | 18.3 miles | 11 | |
| Isabella | 18.6 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122551691 | 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 659242. 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.