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Haypoint, Minnesota

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Macville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55748. The Survey maps it on the Hill City quadrangle.

Haypoint within Aitkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Haypoint between 1992 and 2020, burning about 632 acres in total. None started naturally. 49 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
Arson/incendiarism49
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
17 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 June 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 2008Arson/incendiarism10 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 May 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2003Arson/incendiarism20 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 2005Arson/incendiarism17 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 Haypoint: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 10Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Aitkin County Marl Beds No 11Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Aitkin County Marl Beds No 9Limestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Aitkin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haypoint in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 tornado. 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 2010Tornado (EF0)Haypoint-A tornado touched down briefly near Haypoint, in the Moose Willow State Wildlife Management Area. There was little damage.

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
Swatara3.2 miles5
Hill City6.5 miles5
Bain7.6 miles5
Shovel Lake8.4 miles7
Waukenabo11.0 miles10
Rabey (historical)14.3 miles5
Palisade14.5 miles6
Waldeck15.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654747. 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.