BlockKirk, Minnesota
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Clinton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55751. The Survey maps it on the Kirk quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1951 USGS Kirk quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
164 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Kirk between 1992 and 2020, burning about 441 acres in total. 1 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 | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 71 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | JUNCTION 101 FIRE |
| 5 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.1 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kirk: 2 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eveleth Expansion Pellet Plant | Iron | Plant | ||
| Eveleth Taconite Pellet Plant | Iron | Plant |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirk in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2015 | Lightning | Kirk | 2 hurt | A 51-year-old father and his 4-year-old daughter were struck and injured by lightning around 2 pm near a baseball field in Cherry, MN, which is near the Iron Range. The father and daughter were watching the baseball game. The game was delayed because of the thunderstorm, and the father and daughter were struck as they were walking back to their van. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirk | - | Tree limbs 6 to 8 inches in diameter were split by the winds. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Kirk | - | The hail fell in Cherry, MN. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Kirk | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 661647. 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.