BlockJacobson, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Ball Bluff Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55752. It stands on Swan River. The Survey maps it on the Jacobson quadrangle. It stands 1,253 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Jacobson quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Pokegama Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Jacobson between 1992 and 2018, burning about 137 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 2006 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 May 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jacobson in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2014 | Hail | Jacobson | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacobson | - | Several trees were downed on the west side of Ball Bluff Lake. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacobson | - | Trees and power lines were reported down in Jacobson by the storm. |
| June 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Jacobson | - | The tornado developed in a wooded area and bog in far northern Aitkin County, about 1.25 miles north-northeast of the intersection of Highways 65 and 200. The tornado tracked northeast and continued into Itasca County. The tornado moved through far southeast Itasca County, crossing US Highway 2 and dissipating near a grove of trees approximately 1 mile west of the St. Louis County line. The tornado destroyed several pole barns, lofted a roof from a house, and destroyed the house. Analysis of the construction methods at this location, and surrounding damage, yielded a rating of EF-0. However, EF-1 tree damage was noted immediately west and north of Sabo 2 and continued eastward. The tornado reached its maximum intensity approximately 2.2 miles southwest of Wawina where high-end EF-1 damage was noted to a stand of trees. Oblique angle aerial photography from the western end of the track revealed a path through the bog adjacent to US-2, which was not directly observable from the air nor from the ground. The tornado moved through two small stands of trees breaking branches and snapping a few narrow trunks before dissipating. Several videos and photographs of this tornado have been reported. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Jacobson | - | Also, a few trees were reported down in the Savanna State Forest, but damage was very sporadic. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacobson | - | Numerous trees were blown down, and a cabin was smashed. Wind speed is estimated. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Jacobson | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Jacobson | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacobson | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jacobson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball Bluff | 3.2 miles | 6 | |
| Rabey (historical) | 5.8 miles | 5 | |
| Libby | 15.3 miles | 6 | |
| Balsam | 16.3 miles | 6 | |
| Hill City | 17.6 miles | 5 | |
| Haypoint | 19.6 miles | 5 | |
| Sheshebee | 20.5 miles | 5 | |
| Minnewawa | 20.9 miles | 6 |
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 Jacobson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6119818 | 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 645574. 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.