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Loerch, Minnesota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Oak Lawn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56401. It stands on Hay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Riverton quadrangle.

Loerch within Crow Wing County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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 Loerch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 301 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
23 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 September 2012Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 August 2013Debris and open burning3.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 August 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crow Wing County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Loerch: 27 past producers, 9 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, 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
Anderson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East of Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Carlson-Nelson MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerHematite, Magnetite
Dunn Reserve H-3Iron, ManganeseProspect
Hennen MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Mallen MineManganesePast Producer1952
N W I Reserve X-47Iron, ManganeseProspect
N W I Reserve X-48Iron, ManganeseProspect
N W I Reserve X-53Iron, ManganeseProspect
North Carlson-Nelson MineIron, ManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Crow Wing 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
Woodrow1.0 miles14
Riverton4.1 miles14
Homecroft (historical)4.8 miles14
Klondyke6.2 miles11
Meadow View Manor6.7 miles15
Merrifield6.8 miles15
Ironton7.2 miles11
Legionville7.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654803. 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.