BlockLaurel, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Rainy Lake unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 56649. The Survey maps it on the Devlin quadrangle.
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.
- 1919 USGS Pelland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Devlin quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS International Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Laurel between 1992 and 2017, burning about 61 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 June 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laurel in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laurel | - | The winds knocked out the power. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelland | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Loman | 6.8 miles | 6 | |
| Lindford | 9.2 miles | 7 | |
| Littlefork | 10.2 miles | 7 | |
| Nakoda | 11.5 miles | 9 | |
| Indus | 11.5 miles | 5 | |
| Wisner | 14.4 miles | 7 | |
| International Falls | 15.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654784. 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.