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Idington, Minnesota

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Angora Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55703. It stands on Johnson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Idington quadrangle.

Idington within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Idington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 127 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 burning21
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSuperior National ForestFINN HOMESTEAD
15 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSuperior National Forest248 A
10 September 2006Natural3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 August 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSuperior National Forestnot named
1 August 2006Natural3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSuperior National ForestLAKE FOURTEEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Idington: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Aad MineIronPast Producer
Frederick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Idington in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 2024Flash FloodIdington-US Highway 53 was flooded and closed at Hannula Road.
June 2024Flash FloodIdington-Around 6 inches of water was flowing over a residential gravel road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindIdington-A down burst occurred, with trees blown down in an area around Sand Lake. The damage was along county roads 65, 106, 461 and 668.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindIdington-Several large trees were blown down near Lake Fourteen.

Every storm recorded in St. Louis 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
Angora3.0 miles9
Shermans Corner3.2 miles9
Forsman4.2 miles12
Leander4.8 miles9
Cook8.5 miles9
Britt9.3 miles12
Brittmount10.1 miles16
Sturgeon11.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 661527. 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.