Lavinia, Minnesota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Hibbing City. It lies in ZIP code area 55746. The Survey maps it on the Hibbing quadrangle.

Lavinia within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1951 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:24000, 5 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

466 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 466 fires within 5 miles of Lavinia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,323 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 348 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
Arson/incendiarism	348
Debris and open burning	33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	31
Equipment and vehicle use	21
Recreation and ceremony	11
Smoking	10
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Natural	2
Fireworks	1
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
7 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
3 September 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
27 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
15 September 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
12 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
10 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 224 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 224 workings within 5 miles of Lavinia: 182 past producers, 22 producers, 18 prospects, 2 plants. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Albany Mine	Iron, Water, Free, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Aluminum	Past Producer	1903
Billings Mine	Iron, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates	Past Producer	1919
Bruce Mine	Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates	Prospect	1927
Dunwoody Mine	Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Silica	Past Producer	1917
Hibbing Taconite Mine	Iron, Silica	Producer	1976
Hibtac Pit & Mill	Granite	Producer
Niagra No.1 Reserve St-11	Iron, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Aluminum, Manganese	Prospect
Niles	Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free	Producer	1913, 1942
South Tener Mine	Iron, Silica, Water, Free, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum	Past Producer	1928
Carson Lake Reserve H-58	Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum	Past Producer	1919

Every working recorded in St. Louis 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mahoning	2.1 miles	14
Brooklyn	2.6 miles	14
Kitzville	2.9 miles	14
Ruby Junction	3.0 miles	14
Hibbing	3.2 miles	14
Redore	3.2 miles	14
Scranton	3.2 miles	14
Mitchell	3.3 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 661692. 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.