BlockInez, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Cormant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56630. It stands on Fish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Borden Lake quadrangle.
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.
- 1919 USGS Quiring quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Borden Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Blackduck quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Inez between 1992 and 2020, burning about 430 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 656699. 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.