Mahkonce, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Twin Lakes Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56557. The Survey maps it on the Roy Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Roy Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lake Itasca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
954 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 954 fires within 5 miles of Mahkonce between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,554 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 586 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/incendiarism | 586 |
| Debris and open burning | 193 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 104 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Fireworks | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | HARRY'S FIRE |
| 30 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | HOOP |
| 3 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | YELLOW |
| 29 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | STUSSY |
| 26 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | ROCKY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mahkonce in 15 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahkonce | - | Estimated 70 mph winds by trained storm spotter 5 S Lengby, small tree branches down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahkonce | - | Estimated 70 mph winds by trained storm spotter 5 S Lengby, small tree branches down. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahkonce | - | Several large tree branches were blown down around Island Lake. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahkonce | - | A few large tree branches were blown down near the Island Lake boat dock. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Mahkonce | - | Dime to quarter sized hail fell along with very heavy rain. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Mahkonce | - | A few nickel to half dollar sized hail fell along with very heavy rain. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahkonce | - | The strong winds damaged trees in the area. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahkonce | - | Three inch diameter tree branches were blown down from Mahnomen to about sixteen miles east of Mahnomen. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Mahkonce | - | Hail fell throughout the Roy Lake area along the Clearwater and Mahnomen County line. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahkonce | - | A large branch was torn off a tree. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Mahkonce | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Mahkonce | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Mahkonce | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Mahkonce | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Mahkonce | - | 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 647382. 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.




