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Linwood, Minnesota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Linwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55092. The Survey maps it on the Linwood quadrangle.

Linwood within Anoka County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Linwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,254 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 burning48
Arson/incendiarism27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use62 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 June 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 May 2020Smokingunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anoka 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 Linwood: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Peat. 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
Anoka County Peat BogsPeatProducer

Every working recorded in Anoka County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linwood in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. 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 2018LightningLinwood$10,000A structure was struck by lightning, south of Linwood.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLinwood$10,000Several trees and power lines were blown down, some in the eastern part of East Bethel, but mostly in the northern part of the city of Columbus.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLinwood-A few trees were down, including one across a road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindLinwood-Several dozen trees were broken or toppled in a neighborhood on the south side of upper Coon Lake in East Bethel. Some trees landed on homes, sheds and vehicles.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindLinwood-A tree was uprooted and then blocked the intersection of Lexington Avenue Northeast, and Crosstown Blvd Northeast in Ham Lake.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLinwood-A large tree was blown down in Columbus.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLinwood-Four to five inch diameter branches down at Kettle River in Columbus Township.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindLinwood-Few trees down.
May 2017HailLinwood-no account filed
July 2003HailLinwood-no account filed
June 2002HailLinwood-no account filed
June 2002Funnel CloudLinwood-no account filed
August 2002HailLinwood-no account filed
May 1998HailLinwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Anoka 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
Martin Lake1.9 miles12
Mort3.9 miles13
Coon Lake Beach4.1 miles13
East Bethel5.5 miles13
Lake Netta6.8 miles13
Columbus7.1 miles14
Coopers Corner7.1 miles12
Soderville8.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 646728. 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.