Iverson, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Twin Lakes Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55718. The Survey maps it on the Iverson quadrangle. It stands 1,230 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Iverson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Barnum quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
240 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Iverson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 289 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 32 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 | 91 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Iverson: 8 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Angell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Atkinson Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brandt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bush Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| G N Lindsay Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Williams Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Zacher Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iverson in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iverson | - | A tree fell onto a parked car just west of the Black Bear Casino. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iverson | - | There were at least 20 trees snapped off or blown down across the Black Bear Golf Course. Some of the trees were large. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Iverson | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otter Creek | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Atkinson | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Big Lake Chapel | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cloquet | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sawyer | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Carlton | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Scanlon | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Thomson | 7.0 miles | 9 |
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 Iverson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6098744 | 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 645547. 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.




