BlockHornby, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Fairbanks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55602. The Survey maps it on the Fairbanks quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Brimson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Brimson SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Fairbanks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Hornby between 1992 and 2016, burning about 93 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | BREDA LAKE |
| 1 July 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Superior National Forest | WHITEWATER |
| 8 June 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Superior National Forest | BERRY CREEK |
| 1 June 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Superior National Forest | COUNTY ROAD 314 |
| 5 May 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Superior National Forest | BREDA CREEK |
| 3 May 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Superior National Forest | PETRAL CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 661500. 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.