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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.

Hassman within Aitkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

88 since 1992

Regional 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 burning44
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use25 acresMinnesota Department of Natural ResourcesMINERAL RIDGE FIRE
8 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2000Debris and open burning25 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 August 1996Naturalunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 July 2018Debris and open burning10 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aitkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Aitkin County Marl Beds No 8Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Rice River Reserve St-8Iron, ManganeseProspect
Rice River Reserve St-8IronPast ProducerHematite, Magnetite

Every working recorded in Aitkin County

Storms near this place

11 since 2003

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHassman-Several five inch diameter oak tree limbs were broken off.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindHassman-A large tree was downed and blocking US Highway 169 just north of the State Highway 210 intersection.
July 2015HailHassman-There was torrential rainfall at the time of the report.
June 2008HailHassman-The hail fell near Highway 169 along the Mississippi River.
May 2022HailHassman-no account filed
June 2022HailHassman-no account filed
September 2021HailHassman-no account filed
September 2019HailHassman-no account filed
September 2019HailHassman-no account filed
July 2017HailHassman-no account filed
June 2003HailHassman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Aitkin 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
Rossburg4.9 miles10
Waldeck5.0 miles10
Aitkin7.0 miles10
Pine Knoll7.9 miles10
Kimberly8.3 miles6
Waukenabo9.6 miles10
Palisade10.1 miles6
Glory12.7 miles10

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.