Hassman, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Morrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56431. It stands on Rice River. The Survey maps it on the Hassman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1914 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Hassman quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Hassman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,473 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | MINERAL RIDGE FIRE |
| 8 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hassman: 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County Marl Beds No 8 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Rice River Reserve St-8 | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Rice River Reserve St-8 | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite, Magnetite |
Storms near this place
11 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hassman in 11 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 9 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hassman | - | Several five inch diameter oak tree limbs were broken off. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hassman | - | A large tree was downed and blocking US Highway 169 just north of the State Highway 210 intersection. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Hassman | - | There was torrential rainfall at the time of the report. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hassman | - | The hail fell near Highway 169 along the Mississippi River. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Hassman | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Hassman | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Hassman | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Hassman | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Hassman | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Hassman | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Hassman | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654745. 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.





