BlockLuna, Minnesota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Warrenton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56762. The Survey maps it on the Argyle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1918 USGS Argyle quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Stephen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Argyle quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Luna between 1995 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 November 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 October 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 October 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Luna in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Luna | - | A tornado touched down and tracked for less than a mile, snapping trees in a shelterbelt and at a homestead. Peak winds were estimated at 85 mph. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Luna | - | The tornado tracked intermittently for about three miles, from about three miles northeast of Warren to about two miles west of Radium. One farmstead had some minor shingle damage, tree damage, and paint scarring from windborne gravel and other debris. Another farmstead had significant roof damage to a small wooden quonset due mainly to falling tree limbs. There was some tree damage in shelterbelts and minor crop scarring in fields. Peak winds were estimated at 95 mph. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Luna | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654807. 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.
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.