Lincoln, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Scandia Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56443. It lies near Towers Island. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1948 USGS Cushing quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Cushing quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln between 1992 and 2020, burning about 662 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Lincoln: 2 producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Zetah Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Zetah Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lincoln in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Lincoln | - | This is the continuation track of the tornado that moved across northeast Todd County, and into northwest Morrison County before dissipating. It did remove portions of metal roofs at two businesses in Lincoln. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Lincoln | - | Picture of 2.5 inch hail on the west side of lake Shamineau. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln | - | A tree fell on a power line on U.S. Highway 10 near Lincoln. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln | - | Power lines were blown down at Shamineau Lake. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln | - | Scattered trees and a few power lines were reported down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln | - | Downburst damage that began 3 S Staples (in northeastern Todd County) continued into Morrison County. After downing hundreds of trees for three miles in the Lincoln area, it finally weakened. The total distance traversed by the downburst was 12 miles across Todd and Morrison counties. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Lincoln | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Lincoln | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Lincoln | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Lincoln | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cushing | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Motley | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Randall | 11.0 miles | 12 | |
| Flensburg | 18.5 miles | 12 | |
| Camp Ripley Junction | 19.2 miles | 13 | |
| Belle Prairie | 20.2 miles | 13 | |
| Swanville | 20.7 miles | 10 | |
| Maple Leaf Court | 21.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 646670. 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.







