BlockLittle Marais Postoffice, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Lake No. 1 unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 55614. The Survey maps it on the Finland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Finland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Finland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Two Harbors quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Little Marais Postoffice between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Little Marais Postoffice: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum, Sodium, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American John Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lake and Cook County Anorthosite | Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum, Sodium, Calcium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Harbor | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Kennedy Landing | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Little Marais | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Maple | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Illgen City | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Finland | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cramer | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Silver Bay | 9.5 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122543239 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654801. 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.