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Lucknow, Minnesota

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Great Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55713. The Survey maps it on the Kinney quadrangle.

Lucknow within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Lucknow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 277 acres in total. None started naturally. 32 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
Arson/incendiarism32
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
12 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 July 2016Fireworksunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 119 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 119 workings within 5 miles of Lucknow: 94 past producers, 16 producers, 8 prospects, 1 unknown. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free. 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
Fraser MineIron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum, ManganesePast Producer1928
Midway No.2 MineIron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, FreePast Producer
Sharon MineIron, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1902
Ulland Bros ShopsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wabigon & Wabigon No.2 MineIron, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1925
Zlonis Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Forster MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreeUnknown1949
Hartley-Burt MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1910
Iron Chief MineIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1942
Lenont Reserve O-35Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreeProspect

Every working recorded in St. Louis 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
Kinney0.9 miles14
Buhl2.3 miles13
Grant3.3 miles13
Sherwood3.4 miles14
Scott4.0 miles13
Saint Clair Junction6.1 miles13
Mountain Iron6.4 miles16
Wilpen6.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 661836. 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.