BlockHarlis, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Nickerson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55712. The Survey maps it on the Foxboro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1949 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Foxboro quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Sandstone quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Harlis between 1992 and 2016, burning about 33 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | THOMPSON RD FIRE |
| 19 May 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harlis: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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.
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 Q122555093 | 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 654742. 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.