Hines, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Hines Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56647. The Survey maps it on the Tenstrike quadrangle. It stands 896 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Tenstrike quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Blackduck quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Tenstrike quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Hines between 1992 and 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | HYDROAX FIRE |
| 6 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | RICE POND |
| 30 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 June 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chippewa National Forest | 3 CULVERTS FIRE |
| 7 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hines: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beighley Bros Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tenstrike Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hines in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hines | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down at Hines. |
| July 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Hines | - | Public report into the 911 call center of a brief touchdown northeast of Tenstrike. Time estimated from radar. Due to the rural nature of the area, no damage could be discerned resulting in an EFU rating. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Hines | - | Public reports half-dollar-sized hail, with damage to boat gauges caused by the hail. Time estimated based on radar. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Hines | - | Most of the hail was quarter to half dollar size. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Hines | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Hines | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Hines | - | 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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Hines | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5767010 | 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 656594. 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.





