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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Hill City quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County Marl Beds No 10 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Aitkin County Marl Beds No 11 | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Aitkin County Marl Beds No 9 | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Haypoint | - | A tornado touched down briefly near Haypoint, in the Moose Willow State Wildlife Management Area. There was little damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swatara | 3.2 miles | 5 | |
| Hill City | 6.5 miles | 5 | |
| Bain | 7.6 miles | 5 | |
| Shovel Lake | 8.4 miles | 7 | |
| Waukenabo | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| Rabey (historical) | 14.3 miles | 5 | |
| Palisade | 14.5 miles | 6 | |
| Waldeck | 15.5 miles | 10 |
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.



