Kimberly, Minnesota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Kimberly Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56431. It stands on Portage Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kimberly quadrangle. It stands 1,247 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Kimberly quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Aitkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Kimberly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 457 acres in total. 3 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 | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 1996 | Natural | 15 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 June 2015 | Natural | 10 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 Kimberly: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County Marl Beds No 12 | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kimberly in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2016 | Flash Flood | Kimberly | - | There was 10 to 12 of water on the Roadway at the intersection of County Road 5 and Rice River Crossing near Kimberly, MN. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimberly | - | Numerous large trees uprooted along Highway 210. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Kimberly | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Kimberly | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Kimberly | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Kimberly | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Kimberly | - | 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 Kimberly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22073600 | 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 646147. 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.



