BlockKroschel, Minnesota
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kroschel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55037. The Survey maps it on the Kroschel quadrangle.
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
- 1968 USGS Kroschel quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mille Lacs Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Kroschel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 952 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 34 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 | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kroschel in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | Kroschel | - | Storm total rainfall amount of 3.92 inches was measured near Kroschel. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kroschel | - | A power line was downed near Lake 11 near County Road 20. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Kroschel | - | 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 646264. 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.