BlockIsland Lake, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Alaska Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56667. The Survey maps it on the Red Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,342 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Red Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fosston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
541 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 541 fires within 5 miles of Island Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,242 acres in total. None started naturally. 156 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 156 |
| Debris and open burning | 152 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 105 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Red Lake Agency | RED LAKE 357 |
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RL 477 |
| 30 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RED LAKE 529 |
| 17 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RED LAKE 492 |
| 15 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RED LAKE 486 |
| 10 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RL341 |
| 4 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Red Lake Agency | RL 456 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Island Lake in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 4 hail, 2 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 | Hail | Island Lake | - | Dime to quarter sized hail was reported near the seven clans casino. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Island Lake | - | Quarter-sized hail covering Highway 89, just south of the casino. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Island Lake | - | Large branches were blown down onto power lines, causing several power outages. A few trees were also toppled. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Island Lake | - | Tree damage was observed across Alaska Township. |
| September 2018 | Hail | Island Lake | - | The hail was mostly nickel size. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Island Lake | - | 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 Island Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20657868 | 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 645495. 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.
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.