BlockIndus, Minnesota
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Northwest Koochiching unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 56629. It lies near Smoot Island. The Survey maps it on the Loman OE N 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.
- 1954 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Indus between 1996 and 2018, burning about 29 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 6.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 March 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Indus: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indus Prospect | Gold | Unknown | Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite |
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indus in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indus | - | An eighteen inch diameter poplar tree was blown over and blocking a road. There were also several other poplar trees with tops blown off that measured six to eight inches in diameter. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Indus | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Indus | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Indus | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Indus | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 645426. 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.