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Lake Itasca, Minnesota

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Itasca Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56676. It stands on Sucker Creek. The Survey maps it on the La Salle Lake quadrangle.

Lake Itasca within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

22 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Lake Itasca between 1992 and 2018, burning about 45 acres in total. None 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 June 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 1996Recreation and ceremony3.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 May 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 April 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lake Itasca: 1 producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lavine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clearwater County

Storms near this place

24 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Itasca in 24 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 13 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2017HailLake Itasca$500,000The hail fell at Itasca State Park and was reported via social media.
June 2008Tornado (EF1)Lake Itasca$200,000This tornado originated in Becker County at 844 pm CDT. It travelled about 2 miles across extreme southeast Clearwater County to around 5 miles south-southeast of Lake Itasca by 854 pm CDT. From there it continued into Hubbard County. Several large trees were knocked down or uprooted along its path. Peak winds were estimated to 105 mph.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindLake Itasca$3,000Trees were blown down at Lake Itasca.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindLake Itasca$500A large tree was blown down.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLake Itasca-Several pine and poplar trees were snapped or uprooted along CR2, from southeast Bear Creek Township into eastern Itasca Township. Time estimated based on radar and nearby wind sensor reports.
August 2020HailLake Itasca-The hail fell near the main lodge.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindLake Itasca-A tree was blown down across a road in Itasca State Park.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLake Itasca-Tree damage was reported at Lake Itasca State Park.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLake Itasca-Two trees were snapped in half by the strong winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindLake Itasca-A few pine and poplar trees were snapped around Itasca State Park.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLake Itasca-A few four to six inch diameter tree branches were broken down around the park. Very strong winds blew for several minutes.
August 2011HailLake Itasca-Marble to quarter sized hail fell at Itasca State Park.
June 2010Tornado (EF1)Lake Itasca-This tornado tracked north-northeastward for roughly a mile, across portions of Long Lost Lake. Numerous large tree limbs were knocked down and large trees were snapped. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindLake Itasca-At Lake Itasca State Park, many trees were blown down along the east and north entry roads and along the wilderness trail.
July 2003HailLake Itasca-The hail was reported at Lake Itasca State Park.
August 2015HailLake Itasca-no account filed
July 2003HailLake Itasca-no account filed
June 2002HailLake Itasca-no account filed
August 2001HailLake Itasca-no account filed
August 2000HailLake Itasca-no account filed
August 2000HailLake Itasca-no account filed
July 2000HailLake Itasca-no account filed
June 1999HailLake Itasca-no account filed
June 1998HailLake Itasca-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clearwater County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Vern3.5 miles9
Mallard (historical)4.9 miles10
Coffee Pot Landing6.8 miles9
Alida9.0 miles9
Zerkel9.8 miles10
Minerva12.0 miles10
Ponsford Landing13.9 miles10
Bush Landing14.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 645542. 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.