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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.

Lincoln within Morrison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

87 since 1992

Regional 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 burning53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
24 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 July 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 June 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Morrison County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
East Zetah PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Zetah PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Morrison County

Storms near this place

10 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020Tornado (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 2020HailLincoln-Picture of 2.5 inch hail on the west side of lake Shamineau.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLincoln-A tree fell on a power line on U.S. Highway 10 near Lincoln.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLincoln-Power lines were blown down at Shamineau Lake.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindLincoln-Scattered trees and a few power lines were reported down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLincoln-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 2022HailLincoln-no account filed
June 2014HailLincoln-no account filed
June 2009HailLincoln-no account filed
July 1996HailLincoln-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morrison 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
Cushing5.9 miles12
Motley8.7 miles10
Randall11.0 miles12
Flensburg18.5 miles12
Camp Ripley Junction19.2 miles13
Belle Prairie20.2 miles13
Swanville20.7 miles10
Maple Leaf Court21.1 miles12

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.